Právo: Police presidium to lay off 600 employees

The head of the Czech police, Oldřich Martinů, will have to lay off 30 percent of employees at the police presidium by the end of the year, Právo reported on Friday, meaning jobs lost for some 600 people. The police president, the daily said was told this week by Interior Minister Radek John to take the step. The police head will have ten days to decide which employees to let go. The interior minister Radek John also told Právo that while the layoffs were a radical measure, they were necessary as funds for basic items were needed elsewhere. Originally, it was planned that around 20 percent of employees there would be let go.