2008-09-17

Lourdes: The security staff redundant for the arrival of Pope  

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For more than 6 months, the prefecture and the Ministry of Interior are working hard on organising the visit of Pope Marian in the city.

For this occasion, the police responsible for security and the establishment forces have been installed at the Palais des Congress, while other departments of State, responsible for centralizing general information, planted their neighbourhoods the hall.

The police is responsible for monitoring the car parks to observe the behavior of people, analyze the physical and try to prevent any incident. According to Didier Martinez, regional secretary UNSA police, 3,000 policemen are redundant. "24 companies of CRS, 500 city police officers and more than 100 reservists to walk on his feet." And to explain this poor coordination which is that on several occasions since the beginning of the week, two people were caring for the same job making planning "cafouilleux." And "uncomfortable" because, while they settle this question, "Besides, there is nobody."
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Another topic "thorny" one overtime. For example, "bikers have left Toulouse on Thursday morning at 7 o'clock, and they are returned to bed at 2 hours."

A situation that the National Union and the majority of police officers (SNOP) also challenges, noting with irony the slogan "work more to earn more," absolutely not respected for officers.

Since their change of status, "overtime are no longer taken into account either recovered, but 30 €. it poses several problems of fatigue, family life, concentration, patience, "according to the spokesman of SNOP," but nevertheless we meet present and we do our work ".

The union Alliance represented by Denis Fau, Deputy Regional Secretary Midi-Pyrenees, keeps the same speech, and considers that "when police emerged from material concerns and other constraints, they have more head to their mission."

And to give a concrete example: this Friday morning, taking possession of their hotel rooms in a chain in Tarbes, to the dirty places, police have preferred to leave. In time, this concern was settled home, police were relocated elsewhere. Now, they await with impatience the premium exceptional event, which for the moment, is not acquired.

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