Councillor praises gardaí for ‘squaring cases’

Good police work involves gardaí using their own discretion, including “squaring” minor prosecutions for members of the public who gardaí may depend on when investigating more serious crimes, a former garda has claimed.

Fianna Fáil councillor Kevin Sheahan, who once provided protection for President Éamon de Valera, told a Joint Policing Committee (JPC) in Limerick that “squaring speeding cases” is often done to foster and maintain good relationships between gardaí and “certain members of the public”.