Tough summer for police officers – Norrtelje Newspaper

Almost two three policemen in the Stockholm region, there Norrtälje hear, feel that the workload was higher than previous summers because of the schedule.
According to a survey by Novus done on behalf of police Union.
recently, many police officers testified about the harsh working conditions and more say they are prepared to leave the profession.

Even in Norrtälje has been there in the summer been several defections.
– There are not a few who dropped out of the police profession, but there are many who move away from Norrtälje to find new services where they can get the salary. As the organization stands today is the career path more difficult, says Markus Mattsson, Chairman of the Norrtälje local affiliates area.

One of the major culprits of today’s problems, according to the union representatives organization. As it stands today, it is the local police as an individual resource loss and is included in the emergency operations.
Protection Patrik Gustafsson says that there is no “air in the system.”
– It means that we do not have time with some preventive work and we have no occupational action and it is very difficult to find time to exercise.

According to the survey from Novus is particularly parents of young children and the younger police officers who feel that the workload is too high. Three of the four police officers under 30 and two out of three who have children experience the summer scheduling meant higher workload.

The police reporting system to incidents and injuries, there has been a marked increase in matters relating to the psychosocial work environment.
– It worries. Many police officers are working tough times and get to see a lot of difficult things. It combined the feeling that it is not enough to contribute to the increased number of cases, says Patrik Gustafsson.
However, there is no case in Norrtälje who have gone on to the Work Environment Authority.

september 30 is existing agreements between the Police Federation and employers work out. Throughout September, the parties will negotiate and the union has indicated that it is prepared to take industrial action to get through requirements.
– It may be appropriate, for example, overtime ban, but there really is not an end to a conflict, says Markus Mattsson.