Rank and file members have been slow to sign the code over concerns it could lead to them being unfairly disciplined. It was drawn up by the Policing Authority in 2017, twelve years after it was mandated for in legislation. Frustrated with the slow progress, the Policing Authority and the Garda Commissioner have said that signing the code will be a prerequisite for gardaí seeking promotion. Large numbers of individual gardaí have refused to sign because they feel it may open them up to disciplinary measures which go beyond the Garda Disciplinary Code. The chairwoman said it is “not ideal” that an outside body like the Policing Authority had to impose the code.

Source: The Irish Times March 12, 2019 21:56 UTC