The Garda S
íochána Act, 2005 provides for the establishment of a Garda Reserve. The Garda Reserve is a voluntary unpaid body drawn from the community to assist the existing Service at times when extra personnel are required. Reserve Gardaí will have certain Garda powers while on duty and perform their p
olicing duties as determined by the Commissioner under the supervision of, and supported by, regular Garda members. The principal role of the reserve will consist of local patrols and crime reduction initiatives, targeted at specific local urban or rural problem areas. Members of the Garda Reserve
can also expect to be involved in policing major incidents and events, and in providing other operational support to regular Garda members on the basis of an individual Garda Reserve Members skills or local knowledge. They will be expected to provide a quality service at all times and are a manifes
t sign of partnership between the Garda Siochana and the local community. The first intake of Garda Reserves commenced training at the Garda College, Templemore, Co. Tipperary on the 30th September 2006. The stations which they are assigned to are Pearse Street and Store Street in the Dublin Met
ropolitan Region, Anglesea Street, Cork City, Galway city and Sligo Town. These trainees became fully operational members of the Garda Reserve on the 15th of December 2006 following a graduation ceremony at the Garda College.

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