Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

Police protest against spending cuts in Finland

Police protest against spending cuts in Finland
Copyright 
By Euronews
Published on
Share Comments
Share Close Button

Who is policing the police?
In Finland officers held their own protest against spending cuts which they claim are undermining national security.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Thousands took to the streets in Helsinki saying they were struggling to cope with the work load due to a ratio of one officer to every 733 citizens.

As part of a campaign they collected toy emergency vehicles to symbolise the current size of the country’s police force.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share Comments

Read more

Israel arrests man filmed attacking Catholic nun near Jerusalem’s Old City

Turkish police fire tear gas and arrest at least 570 people at May Day rallies

Japanese man arrested after wife's remains found in zoo incinerator, officials say