Peter Keating

Policing Must Return to First Principles

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The Garda Síochána will succeed, not by force of arms or numbers, but by their moral authority as servants of the people. Michael Joseph Staines, First Garda Commissioner (1885-1955) The above statement is, in my opinion, a good founding principle for any Police Service in a free democracy. What is meant by “moral authority”? Merriam … Read more

Is there a Doctor in the House?

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Imagine if you will, a government that nobody actually voted for. A government with no opposition that legislates at the behest of a committee of unelected civil servants. A government that took over from a “caretaker” administration that had been voted out of office nearly five months previously, yet still held full executive powers and … Read more