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The state does not protect the policemen

   

One policeman has been beaten by tourists directly in the centre of Riga, another was run over by a car “the rank-and-file member of party” Andris Shkele, the third was lost on fault of not observing Rule of traffic of the driver. All these cases which have occurred during one only of month, force to reflect on safety of workers of law enforcement bodies and their social security.

As it is found out, the state very poorly protects people who as obliges should protect others.

Yesterday buried the young worker of the police who have become by a victim of failure, happened in the beginning of July in Riga. As the president of Incorporated trade union of policemen Агрис Суна if it will be established has informed “Telegraph”, that the guy has suffered on duty his family will receive 50 thousand латов. “We insist on that policemen have been as much as possible insured as it is accepted in all Europe, the trade-union leader speaks. I mean both medical insurance, and life insurance. But the government to our requirements does not listen. This sum of 50 thousand in case of death has been confirmed about ten years ago. Then, if God forbid the husband perished on work, the wife could buy both apartment, and the car, and still to it for a life remains. Now it at all that money. We demand or to reconsider the out-of-date sums of grants, or to provide policemen with the normal insurance”.

Агрису Суне the head of Independent police trade union Armand Augustans echoes also. “The policeman who leaves to work on street, should feel, that it is protected by the state, it has told to Telegraph. In practice it turns out, what even in life insurance to it it is given up. With the offer concerning insurance we wrote letters and to the Diet, and to the Minister of Internal Affairs, but the question does not dare. For this purpose, changes in the legislation” have appeared, required.

On whose party there is our legislation, has brightly shown a case with arrival of the car of Andris Shkele on one of workers of police. As it was expressed Агрис Суна, a situation simply ridiculous if earlier business it was got upon incident and investigation now the system of laws is that was conducted, that without the statement of the victim becomes nothing. “If the infringer could отмазаться and the statement is not present, will make nothing, here and the trade union will not help”, makes a helpless gesture Суна.

“If someone another sat at the wheel, instead of mister Shkele, maybe, the question would dare in another way, considers Арманд Аугустанс. In this case us more all has caused anxiety that the car has driven into the policeman and anybody especially has not become interested in this question. For this purpose also there is a trade union to defend the decision of the most painful for police problems”.

By the way, Recently independent police trade union has published on pages of Telegraph the post card with the requirement thoroughly to understand with a case of beating by foreigners of the employee of the Riga police of self-management. And the answer from capital муниципалов has not kept itself waiting. “It is very good, that to us have answered, means, there is any reaction to a problem, considers Аугустанс. Concerning the information containing in the letter I can tell only that in a municipal police understand gravity of safety issues of the employees and them will solve. There internal investigation of the occurred incident” is conducted.

Wait for results of investigation and муниципалы. As one of departments of the Riga police of the self-management has told to Telegraph замглавы the Incorporated police trade union Guntis Zejvalds, heading, much in this business depends on State police at which order there are videorecordings of the occurred fight. While conclusions to do early. At the same time Зейвалдс recognised weak social security of the colleagues from the State police, having noticed, that at municipal level these questions dare better. All муниципалы are insured, their salaries are equal to salaries of workers of a thought. The unique weak moment from a municipal police it is impossible to retire on a length of service. Whether it is possible to speak about due care of a city of safety of the guards of an order of it we learn by results of a legal investigation about beating of one of them.

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Russian version: Государство не защищает своих полицейских
17 July 2008
Author: www.NovoNews.lv
Tags: police, crime, Latvia, страхование, Агрис Суна,