are anxious passion for the salaries of officials

Protect, protect, help – just over 1 thousand. and there are lifelong risks.

“We recently reached the » 1000 « program. This means that the newly starting officer earns 1 thousand. Arūnas Paulauskas, Commissioner General of Police, said.

And for an experienced average for ten years?

« 1.4 thousand in hand, even less than the average wage in Lithuania, » explained A. Paulauskas.

« Bad, I say lightly, » said Darius Čekavičius, deputy chairman of the Law Enforcement Federation.

When salaries are such, it is not surprising that those who want to work are not overwhelmed, but they retire with their experience.

« About 20 percent of the disadvantage. This means that the police are missing 1,500 officers today, » Paulauskas said.

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Vilnius is one of the most problematic points.

« The salary is determined by the law. Often it is the same in Vilnius and Skuodas. And the living conditions are different – in Vilnius, housing is more expensive, » said Adam Bužinskas, Director of Vilnius Municipality Administration.

There were 400 policemen in the capital, so the municipality itself took the initiative to control the situation. The newly joined last year is 10 thousand euros.

« In 2024 we had 67 we encouraged. This year we think the number will be similar – now we have received 22 requests, » said A. Bužinskas.

Part of other municipalities followed the example of Vilnius.

« This is a vaccine – the problem itself will not be solved, » said Loreta Soščekienė, Chairwoman of the Law Enforcement Federation.

« In any case, we already had a significant shortage of officers in Vilnius – at least 200 officers would be additional, » said Arūnas Paulauskas, Commissioner General of Police.

Now the biggest hole has opened in another city.

« Panevezys is confronted with probably the biggest drawback. According to the existing workloads, we see that this is happening in Panevezys, » the Police Commissioner General said.

« According to all statistics, about 20 % of all officers are currently missing. Some offices are lacking up to 40 % of the officers of certain units.

Thus, a tense situation not only in the police but also elsewhere. Stoil in prison and probation service.

« Probably the situation is probably one of the worst now. Perhaps, in 1990, it could have been similar, » said Loreta Soščekienė, chairwoman of the Law Enforcement Federation.

Officials say that if nothing changes, the crash awaits.

« If one officer works for four or three, then imagine what charge people work, » Čekavičius said.

« Often the reason for the output is the huge workloads, » said A. Paulauskas.

Firefighters lack about 11 percent.

« The police have reached 1000 euros. We cannot be proud of this – sometimes we are less than 900 euros, » said Saulius Tamulevičius, deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Department.

I was interested in journalists – if the money does not motivate, who does the wish?

« The desire to rescue, » replied S. Tamulevičius.

The interlocutor does not hide that the work schedule is motivated. But unfortunately, he is exploited instead of rest for other work.

« In practice, the majority of shift officials – 80-90 % – have a second job, » said S. Tamulevičius.

« It is a shame to say that a person who risks his life, who, despite everything, saves – and gets 1 thousand in his hands, » said the Minister of Social Security and Labor Inga Ruginienė.

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So, now it is not the firefighters to extinguish the fires, but to the authorities. The union offers to finance officials as national defense – to associate with a specific GDP percentage.

« Our proposal would be that the home affairs system is also funded by a certain percentage of GDP as allocated to national defense. In order to be a constant percentage and that it would be independent of political winds so that everything is clear year after year, and our generals do not have to go with a stretched hand.

« Focusing into external threats. But some of us – for example, border officials – are the first to face. Suppose they were the first in Ukraine to face the aggressor forces, » explained the deputy chairman of the Law Enforcement Federation.

The Commissioner General says there would be more clarity and financial stability.

« Officials are worth it – there is no language here and there must be no discussion, » said I. Ruginienė.

« Everyone would like to be funded as a military, but we have to look at realistically, » said Minister of the Interior Vladislav Kondratovich.

The prime minister agrees that the situation is not ill.

« The situation is complicated, the service is difficult. We have to clearly draw a career reward for at least for the next 4-5 years. The numbers that will be modeled will be combined with trade unions and lie down on a three -year budget planning procedure.

« We put in a plan – next year at least 10 percent increase salary, next year’s budget, » Kondratovich said.

According to the minister, salaries are expected to be planned for all officials.