Police march through Paris to protest poor working conditions
‘Hundreds of police officers and their supporters have marched through the streets of Paris in protest over their working conditions and lack of resources.
The protest Saturday brought together three groups: the Union of Independent National Police (UPNI), the Mobilization of the Angry Police (MPC) and the Angry Women of the Police (FFOC). Officers were joined by their wives, husbands and partners.
The protesters were demonstrating against a lack of resources and vehicles, an indifferent hierarchy, as well as poor and unhygienic conditions at police stations. In August, a picture contest organized by the UPNI revealed shocking images of clogged urinals, mold growing on the walls and rampant cockroach and rat infestations as everyday realities at some station houses.’
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