Criticism of Police Force 28. ágúst 2006 10:52 Lögreglan Akureyri Lögreglan að störfum Managing director of the National Association of Policemen, Páll E. Winkler has harshly criticised the amount of unprofessional policemen in the Reykjavik police force. " I can assure you that this doesn't occur anywhere else in the western world and it's quite shameful," He says that there is a dire need for policemen with a professional education in the field and that almost anyone can get a job within the policeforce without having any background in police education. Páll criticises this harshly and adds that those individuals who finish the school of Police end up working elsewhere. " The wages are far too low for such hard work. This means that professsional policemen end up looking for work elsewhere." Monthly wages for policemen in their first year of work are at around 170 thousand ISK per month. News News in English Mest lesið „Fyrst hélt ég að þetta væri eitthvað grín“ Innlent Þrír látnir eftir skotárás í Uppsölum Erlent Varðstjóri leystur undan vinnuskyldu vegna gruns um njósnir Innlent „Viltu ekki tala við mig eins og ég sé gamalmenni“ Innlent „Í guðanna bænum höldum vöku okkar við aksturinn" Innlent „Við þrífumst ekki til lengdar ein“ Innlent Ný stjórn Ríkisútvarpsins kjörin Innlent Furðar sig á umdeildri Exit-auglýsingu og hækkar veiðigjöldin Innlent Von á allhvössum vindi og rigningu Veður Allt í rugli á Rauðahafi Erlent
Managing director of the National Association of Policemen, Páll E. Winkler has harshly criticised the amount of unprofessional policemen in the Reykjavik police force. " I can assure you that this doesn't occur anywhere else in the western world and it's quite shameful," He says that there is a dire need for policemen with a professional education in the field and that almost anyone can get a job within the policeforce without having any background in police education. Páll criticises this harshly and adds that those individuals who finish the school of Police end up working elsewhere. " The wages are far too low for such hard work. This means that professsional policemen end up looking for work elsewhere." Monthly wages for policemen in their first year of work are at around 170 thousand ISK per month.
News News in English Mest lesið „Fyrst hélt ég að þetta væri eitthvað grín“ Innlent Þrír látnir eftir skotárás í Uppsölum Erlent Varðstjóri leystur undan vinnuskyldu vegna gruns um njósnir Innlent „Viltu ekki tala við mig eins og ég sé gamalmenni“ Innlent „Í guðanna bænum höldum vöku okkar við aksturinn" Innlent „Við þrífumst ekki til lengdar ein“ Innlent Ný stjórn Ríkisútvarpsins kjörin Innlent Furðar sig á umdeildri Exit-auglýsingu og hækkar veiðigjöldin Innlent Von á allhvössum vindi og rigningu Veður Allt í rugli á Rauðahafi Erlent