Corcaigh Garda

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The Corcaigh Garda is the policing agency of the Kingdom of Corcaigh. It is divided into four sub-administrations known as Hibernia Garda Cymru Garda Breizh Garda Kernow Garda of which are all responsible for policing separate areas of the Corkonian territories, additionally there is colonial police which is its own sub-administration which is responsible for policing all colonies of Cork. The other four are for policing all home territories.

Terminology

The service was originally named the Corkonian police but later was changed into the Garda then Royal Corcaigh Garda though is just referred to regularly as Garda. This title has been made permanent and unchangeable. When it comes to external territories that are not Ireland the word Garda does not fit into local languages in which is it still referred to as "Garda" or what ever is the equivalent of Guards.

The full official title, the Royal Corcaigh Garda is rarely if so never used in speech, however it is referred to depends on the register being used. It is variously known additionally as the traditional Irish term Garda Síochána in which this is not the official terminology. Popularly it is referred to as "the guards" and although Garda is singular, in these terms it is used as a collective noun, like police.

An individual officer is referred to as a garda or plural gardaí or gardas or less formally as "a guard", a police station or sometimes known as a "detachment" is referred to as a garda station. Garda is also the name of the lowest rank and the rank everyone passes at, also being the most common rank amongst the force, other countries usually term these as constable or officer or deputy. Though the Garda does consist of constabularies such as the Rathlin Constabulary guards are not called constables. All ranks can be referred to as a guard however typically when a guard of a lower rank greets or refers to one of a higher rank they are expected to use their official rank. The term "bangharda" is not used.

Organisation

Garda Reserve

The Garda Reserve is the section of the Garda that is consisted of people who do not wish to regularly participate in SSUs or do active roleplay preferring a more lenient side where they occasionally participate. Garda reserves cannot reach a rank higher than Staff Sergeant and only take command when an active guard is unable to attend an ssu. Garda reserve additionally get paid less.

Rank Structure

Rank	Commissioner	Deputy Commissioner	Assistant Commissioner	Chief Superintendent	Superintendent	Captain	Lieutenant	Sergeant of the Garda	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	Garda
Insignia

These ranks are fixed across every territory and administrative region, whilst not every region may use each rank, for example smaller areas with only one department, they still do not have any unique or new ranks and will still follow the naming and insignias. Some territories may have separate looks to the insignias this could be a different colour scheme or different design of pips.

Vehicles

Vehicles used by the Corkonian Garda are a mix of that British policing vehicles and vehicles from the real life Garda, this consist of their colour design being are in colour and a fluorescent yellow and blue-bordered horizontal strip, accompanied by the Garda crest or the crest of the local police force/constabulary. Cork does not have distinctive vehicles for stuff such as traffic or road policing vehicles unlike the real life garda. However, cars with a red stripe do denote it is an armed unit. Unmarked patrol cars are also regularly used in the course of regular, traffic and other duties. Specialised units such as the TSU and ERU used armoured vehicles for special operations.