Our View: There should be no discussion on police working hours

It is difficult not to feel sympathy for the Chief of Police Themistos Arnaoutis, who appears to be on his own in his effort to change the working hours of police who are on a shift system. The change would affect some 1,000 ‘frontline’ officers, but the so-called associations representing officers, are strongly opposed to this, claiming the decision was “unilateral” and would have adverse consequences on the free time, morale and pay of the workers.

The modernisation of the police force...