Police officers to protest over low pay

Police officers and members of other security forces are planning to protest in front of the Office of the Government over low pay. The protests should last for at least a week, starting on Monday September 16, the chairman of the Union of Security Forces Aleš Lehký told the CTK news agency. He said the aim was to highlight the drain of officers from the police force because of low salaries and problems with finding new recruits for the same reason.

Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said on Wednesday that police officers and firefighters' would get a five percent salary hike as of January 1st. The unions originally pushed for a 10 percent increase in wages.