We have good reasons to fear auxiliary police

AUXILIARY police have a bad track record in Ireland. That well-known reserve force, the Black and Tans, did not endear themselves much to our foreparents.

Nor did the B-Specials who were implicated in crime, pogrom and anti-nationalist aggression in the North until they were disbanded in 1970.

The trouble with special forces is that they are not professional in training and so cannot be professional in outlook.