A COMPLAINT is made to the Garda Ombudsman (GSOC) about a garda in Donegal every two days, a new report shows.
More than 2,000 complaints were made last year in the State to GSOC, half of them deemed admissible.
And 176 of those came from people in Donegal.
Abuse of authority and neglect of duty were the two most common reasons for complaints.
Complaints received were down 11 per cent on 2014.
Abuse of authority included such allegations as excessive use of force, or an instruction to do something which the person making the complaint believed was beyond the garda’s authority to instruct.
Neglect of duty involved allegations such as that a garda failed to take an action that could have been reasonably expected – such as returning a phone call – or had not properly investigated an alleged serious crime.
One third of complainants did not co-operate with Gsoc or withdrew their complaints.
In relation to complaints generally, the report said 80 per cent were from Irish people, 5 per cent from British people, 2 per cent each were from Indian and Polish people, 1 per cent each were from Romanian and Nigerian people.
In two cases there was disiplinary investigation and sanction applied by the Garda Commissioner.
