The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) is calling on Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly to put safeguards and protections in place to deal with social media abuse their members face.
The association also says it wants social media companies to immediately remove such material from their sites.
The AGSI annual conference will hear calls from delegates for recruit gardaí to be fully vetted before they are assigned to garda stations.
In relation to social media abuse, the association said gardaí have phones put in their faces when they are on duty and they and their families are being targeted with the names, addresses and images published online.
The AGSI said it is aware of ten such cases in the past six months with one garda's teenage children having been accosted in the chipper where they work.
Middle ranking garda say the abuse is not only causing stress, it is also discouraging recruitment.
They are calling on the Garda Commissioner, who is due to address their conference today, to introduce a policy and put structures in place for dealing with the problem.
They also want the social media companies to implement a policy of immediately taking this offensive material down.
The sergeants and inspectors also say that while civilianisation is increasing it has not put more gardaí on the street.
They say some sergeants are spending over six of their 12 hour shift on screens, behind desks in stations and are calling for a review of all garda administrative work to determine what more can be done by civilian staff.
Concerns have also been raised at the conference about unvetted recruit gardaí having access to data on PULSE or confidential information in stations or on garda operations.
They cite one case where gardaí searching for a man wanted on warrant did not know the recruit with them was his brother.
They are calling for all trainee gardaí to be fully vetted before they are assigned to garda stations.
