ZAGREB, Feb 23 (Hina) - The Independent Trade Union of Interior Ministry employees moved amendments to the Penal Code so as to make punishments for attacks on police officers more severe and introduce life imprisonment for murder of
police officers, judges, state prosecutors and state officials .
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ZAGREB, Feb 23 (Hina) - The Independent Trade Union of Interior
Ministry employees moved amendments to the Penal Code so as to make
punishments for attacks on police officers more severe and introduce
life imprisonment for murder of police officers, judges, state
prosecutors and state officials .#L#
In light of the fact that the number of assaults on police officers
has been skyrocketing over recent years and the fact that in the last
two years three policemen were killed on duty, this move is aimed at
making police officers feeling more safe and cutting the number of
assaults against them, the union's leader Zdravko Loncar told a news
conference on Monday. The union's motion has been forwarded to the
Interior Ministry, which should initiate alterations of the Penal
Code.
Commenting on the new draft state budget, Loncar said that funds for
salaries were almost at the same level as those in 2003, but he did
not see whether funds had been secured for paying the debt to police
officers. Three trade unions of workers in the Interior Ministry have
sued the government over violating collective agreements, and they
believe that over a billion kuna of the debt should be paid to police
officers.
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