Remembering DMP and RIC legacies

A number of retired police officers from the Republic and Northern Ireland intend gathering at Glasnevin Cemetery this coming Saturday at 2.30pm to commemorate the disbandment of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP).

We had sought official recognition for an anniversary memorial but this has not been forthcoming, so we intend to gather in our capacity as former police officers from the Republic and Northern Ireland simply to mark the ending of these police forces and to commemorate the over 500 other police officers who were murdered by the IRA during and after the War of Independence and in 1916.

These men were, for the most part, honourable and honest police officers and many were killed while off-duty, often in front of their families.