A GARDA WAS found in breach of discipline and was sanctioned after a GSOC investigation determined that the Garda had engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a victim of domestic abuse.
The sanction imposed by a Garda Board of Inquiry on the Garda member on foot of the investigation by the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) is one case study highlighted in the 2023 GSOC annual report.
The report separately discloses how GSOC sent a total of 40 files to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in 2023 arising from GSOC conducting criminal investigations into members.
The report states that in 2023, the DPP directed no prosecution in relation to 25 investigations, and this related to 22 files submitted by GSOC in 2023 and three files submitted in 2022.
The report states that the DPP directed the prosecution of 11 offences arising from eight files submitted to the DPP in 2023 and three files in 2022.
…