police. overtime within the police has increased significantly. Employees testify schedules with gaps are then filled with the help of the times.
– But the staff are getting tired, and fewer and fewer takes overtime voluntarily, said a staff member said.
the cost of overtime pay for police officers and civilian employees has increased by 36 and 43 per cent in January-June this year compared with the same period last year, according to the Police Authority’s interim report. The reasons for the increase are said to be migrant stream, staff shortages at the regional control centers and contact centers as well as the number of police officers declined.
– It has been very clear throughout the year that we do not go around without over time. When everyone put their schedules, there are always plenty of gaps where planners can pick up people who want to work overtime, said a police officer who works in external services.
likened desperation
an operator at one of the country’s regional control centers (RLC) says she YTD worked so much overtime that the hours corresponding to 1.5 months of additional work. Some colleagues have worked even harder to cover up when the employer is not able to fill gaps in the schedule in other ways.
– I’ve never seen this desperation of the employer before, says operator all appeals for additional appearances by several days a week go out via sMS.
Staff gets lambasted
At the regional control centers will be receiving emergency calls and directs police patrols. Both callers and employees affected when staffing is inadequate.
– Facing a call more than 30 minutes, it falls away from the queue and the caller can call on. Several times I have been yelled at by people when they are come to the fallen away and had to call several times. Then I might not have been on the toilet for seven hours, said an operator said.
At another command tells the operator that there so far managed to fill the schedule gaps, but many started become tired and that fewer are taking overtime voluntarily. Among police officers in the external service relies as reported to TT largely because many who are new to want to do extra work.
Attract earlier police
in addition to overtime use the authority of time-offset pass to achieve a given staffing. Surrounding areas also lend police patrols from each other – both to cope with major events and to cope with everyday life.
– When you go to an area where it has no local knowledge, where do not know where it is dangerous, the people you should watch out for or what cars to look out for. It is not qualified police work, says a police officer said.
He also testify planned crime prevention regularly set when policemen on short notice called in to fill schemahål other times or in other areas.
– Behind the overtime figures conceal tired policemen. They run out of the Corps, said Police Federation chairman Lena Nitz.
She believes that the Police Authority in the short term depends on the times because it is understaffed. To train new operators and police officers will take time. One way to quickly get up numerären is to attract back more police officers who stopped. But for that to be possible, both better wages and working conditions, according to the union.
FACTS
Over times in recent years
the previous three years, the police payroll costs remained SEK 10 billion per year. Of these 503, 499 and 493 million moved the cost of overtime.
For the first six months is the overtime cost of 286 million. If the Police Authority continues with an equally high overtime the year lands you on an overtime fee of 572 million – an increase of 16 percent compared to 2015.
To increase for the full year will be lower than for the half (36 per cent of police officers and 43 percent for civilians) is due to last year’s overtime took off after the summer when the flow of refugees reached Sweden.
Source: police Authority
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