Hundreds of police officers protest low wages, demanding chief be dismissed

Police Trade Unions will demand the dismissal of the police chief and his deputy announced Antoni Duda the chief of the Union. Yesterday several hundred police officers marched through Warsaw and picketed the police headquarters and the Prime Minister's Chancellery. They demanded higher government spending on police forces and adherence to union rights. The representatives of the protesters met with General Ireneusz Wachowski and the representative of the Prime Minister. The police officers reminded the government of the agreement signed in 1996 by the Interior Ministry and the police provided for pay increases to the level of soldiers. (Rzeczpospolita, page A2, Reuters) E.B.