First Greek police and now UK police complain about conditions for personnel

A few days ago we had complaints from the Greek Police Union about problems with food and accommodation for the police who had been sent sent to Lefkimmi to deal with the situation of the landfill and the protests of local residents.

Now the UK Police Federation has lodged a complaint about accommodation conditions for officers who have been sent to police the US President's visit to the UK. According to the Guardian, the Federation has said that conditions are 'worse than cells' for officers working away from home - not dissimilar to the Greek Union's comment that officers were working in 'galley' conditions. "300 officers are expected to sleep in a sports hall with no hot water and restricted access to hot food," said a UK Federation representative.

The shadow policing minister, Louise Haigh, said: “It has emerged that officers being accommodated in Essex are sleeping on cots in squash courts, 100 female officers with four toilets between them, likely to be sleeping on mats tonight, 300 male officers with five toilets between them."

As was reported here, the Greek Union complained that "There have been some cases where colleagues have had to change hotels every two days as those in charge didn't take into account that it is the middle of the tourist season and the island's hotels can't provide the necessary accommodation. Personnel have to work 12 hours daily due to the distance between their accommodation and the work location (at least 45 minutes)."