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On September 9 2024, the Garda Commissioner hosted a ceremony to award deceased, retired and serving members of An Garda Síochána with Scott Medals for bravery at Walter Scott House, Dublin. The Scott Medal is the highest award that can be bestowed by the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána and is awarded for ‘most exceptional bravery and heroism involving the risk of life in the execution of duty’.
In 1924 Colonel Walter Scott donated to An Garda Síochána a $1,000 gold bond, in perpetuity, to endow a bravery medal, the Walter Scott Medal, and included the dies from which all Scott medals would be struck.
The businessman and philanthropist Colonel Walter Scott met the then Garda Commissioner, General Eoin O’Duffy at an International Police Conference in New York in 1923. He then wrote to the Commissioner on January 8, 1924 consummating the offer made of donating the ‘Walter Scott Medal for Valour.’ Commissioner O’Duffy responded on January 24, 1924 thanking Colonel Scott for his generosity.
The first Gold Scott Medal was awarded to Garda James Mulroy of Co. Mayo for his bravery in arresting an armed man in Broadford, Co. Clare in 1923 and was presented to him by Walter Scott himself at a ceremony in Phoenix Park on August 19, 1924. Garda Mulroy went on to donate his medal back to the organisation in 1978. The medal, and the original letter from Colonel Walter Scott, are both on display in the Garda Museum.
In this episode, you'll hear a slightly shortened version of the proceedings that took place in Walter Scott House, Dublin on September 9 2024.
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The Garda Síochána Analysis Service (GSAS) is a national, operational support service that turns internal and externally sourced data into information and insight that supports investigations and management decisions within An Garda Síochána. In this episode, GSAS Director Sara Parsons details the highly specialist work undertaken by analysts in the service, including involvement in some of Ireland's most high profile cases.
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We have a skilled public order capacity in An Garda Síochána. Our National Public Order Units are constantly trained and assessed to the highest standards in tactics, equipment and fitness. In this episode, Garda Karl Burton, a Public Order Training Coordinator explains the function of the Garda National Public Order Unit.
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Assistant Commissioner Angela Willis has responsibility for the policing of the DMR - the Dublin Metropolitan Region. In this episode, recorded in August 2024, she sits down with Patrice Harrington to discuss the many challenges and high points that come with policing a capital city.
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Our National Mounted Unit provides very specialised policing on horseback support within An Garda Síochána. Gardaí and their beautiful horses undertake community relations activities, high-visibility patrols, crowd control at major events, searches for missing persons over difficult terrain, assisting at incidents of public disorder and more. In this episode, Garda Nives Caplice takes us behind the scenes at their base in Áras an Uachtaráin, Phoenix Park, Dublin.
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The Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau (GNCCB) is tasked with the forensic examination of electronic devices seized during the course of any criminal investigation. The bureau also has responsibility for investigating significant and complex cybercrimes that target computer systems and provides cyber-prevention advice to the public. In this episode, GNCCB Detective Chief Superintendent Barry Walsh brings us behind the scenes of this fascinating bureau.
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The Garda Water Unit provides operational support and search capability in marine environments and hazardous locations. In this episode, we take you behind the scenes of this highly specialised unit.
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The aim of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is to deny and deprive people of the proceeds of criminal conduct. Chief CAB Bureau Officer, Garda Chief Superintendent Michael Gubbins takes us inside this multi agency body.
Find out about some of the most common and valuable items seized, how CAB's process works and how you can help.
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Based at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, Dublin, the Garda Air Support Unit was established in 1997 and has since become a vital operational support in An Garda Síochána. In this episode, Sergeant Mark Campbell takes us behind the scenes of this highly specialised unit.
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Sinéad Greene is a Detective Superintendent with the Garda National Protective Services Bureau (GNPSB). Detective Superintendent Greene gives a fascinating and powerful insight in to the important work carried out by her Bureau, including the tackling of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.
In an emergency, please call 999 / 112
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Detective Chief Superintendent Séamus Boland heads up the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau.
In this exclusive interview, he talks to Patrice Harrington about the important work carried out by his team to disrupt, dismantle and prosecute organised crime groups.
He talks about his own career path in An Garda Síochána, how the illegal drugs and organised crime landscape has dramatically changed in recent times, the importance of international collaboration and much more.
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The Garda Podcast is an official An Garda Síochána podcast.