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No parking fines in police protest
Leading union calls on officers to stop issuing ‘PVs’ after ‘danger money’ is reduced
POLICE officers have been told by their union to stop issuing parking fines in protest at plans to cut a “danger money” pay supplement.
Alliance, the second largest union in the Police Nationale, called on officers to issue no more “PVs” until Interior Minister Manuel Valls reverses a decision to reduce the Indemnité de Sujétion Spéciale de Police (ISSP) payment for trainee officers, which can make up to 26% of their pay, and delay a pay rise.
SGP-FO, the main union, has already called for a national protest outside prefectures in major cities and outside the offices of the finance ministry in Paris on October 22.
Alliance said that the ISSP “danger money” payment and the delayed rise could cost officers up to €200 a month
The move is expected to save €12m and Alliance general secretary Jean-Claude Delage told Le Figaro it would hit recruits hard as they were already the poorest paid. He feared it was no more than a “test run” for extending the cut across the police force and gendarmerie.
Alliance police officers last month refused to issue tickets for parking fines and other minor offences in protest against plans for prison reform and the prospect of an indefinite “strike” could put a hole in state funds.
• In London, Westminister council has revealed that French drivers are responsible for £1million unpaid parking fines in the capital. The council has nearly £2.8m in unpaid fines, with the French being the No1 culprits.
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