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Police leave force in droves fearing loss of social benefits
NEARLY 400 police officers of various ages and ranks have quit the police force in the last month, many of them afraid that government reforms will lead to a substantial loss of social benefits.Since the new cabinet took office a month ago, ministerial discussions on the need to reduce state costs and reevaluate the existing system of social benefits to state employees have frightened hundreds of officers into withdrawing from state service, insiders say.Benefits the officers say they may lose include golden handshakes when policemen leave the force - one-time payments calculated as one full month's pay plus half that sum for every year the officer served with the force - and a generous pension.
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