Police-force losing officers due to new civil service law

Over 1,000 officers have left the police force since the beginning of this year after a new civil service law slashed their pay. Deputy Interior Minister Jaroslav Salivar said that the vast majority of them had served in the force for the greater part of their lives. Police officers criticize the new civil service law for having stripped them of bonuses for work on holidays, at the weekends and for night shifts. The police force has said it would try to find some other form of financial compensation.