ARMENIAN POLICEMEN TO GET 50% HIGHER SALARIES IN 2009
ARKA
Aug 4, 2008
YEREVAN, August 4. /ARKA/. Salaries of Armenian Police staff will
be raised by 50 percent in 2009, Police Chief, Mayor General Alik
Sargsyan said.
Sargsyan said very low salaries are paid to Armenian policemen now. In
Estonia, for example, policemen get $1.500, in Russia -$800, and in
Georgia – $500, while in Armenia they get in average $200.
According to Sargsyan, Police and National Security Service personnel
are paid even lower salaries than teachers and civil servants.