Are they comparing apples to apples?
Police Officers have at least 32 days of
leave, when others are still leaving on 18 days. The argument of
24-hr standby is totally irrelevant as they aren't always recalled
(can compensate with off-days anyway), and the policy applies to
policemen doing office-hour staff work as well. Almost definitely,
our men-in-blue do not face much 'dangerous' actions on the streets
as foreign police forces like HK and Msia.
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44. The Home Affairs Uniformed Services, comprising the Police,
Prisons, Civil Defence and Narcotics services, are lagging their
benchmarks by up to 26% in certain grades. As the gap is large,
these services require major adjustments. These services are now
dealing with more complex and challenging tasks given the threat of
terrorism and the increased security measures required. We need to
pay our home team officers competitively, so that the uniformed
services will be well-staffed, and able to address any emergency.
The first step of this adjustment will be carried out now,
amounting to 10-13%.
http://app.sprinter.gov.sg/data/pr/20070409992.htm
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Annual vacation leave of 18 days and casual leave of 14 days
http://www.spf.gov.sg/career/enforce/enforce_benefits.htm
