Polish Police leaving for better pay

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The Polish Government is now having its own problems with emigration of Polish workers to Western Europe. Now it is reported that more than 10% of Poland's police force has gone West for better pay.

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The police are joining Western European police forces and also finding high paying jobs as bodyguards.

Some are earning 6 times what they would earn in Poland. http://www.radio.com.pl/polonia/article.asp?tId=46931 See

This presents the Polish Government with some problems.

First it finds itself funding the training of police and body guards for Western European Governments and private industry. http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2007/01/11/38826/polish-immigrants-apply-to-join-northern-ireland-police.html

As more Poles find that they can launch lucrative new careers by completing police training in Poland, the number of applicants for police training will increase. And because of the continued drain of trained police, the Government will have to increase the number of people trained.

Unlike the effects of emigration on private business, the effect on Polish society will be visible to the public. The Government will have to satisfy the concerns of the public if it has police shortages that affect public safety. And it expects shortages. See

There is only one practical solution. The Polish Government will have to offer the police what they can get in the West. And that is better pay and better work conditions.

The Government has been generally using emigration to its benefit in order to reduce unemployment and to get money sent back into the country. That has been fine as long as only private enterprise has been affected by labor shortages.

But when the Government starts facing a labor