Police in boxer shorts protest over lack of proper uniforms and cars
Friday, March 14, 2014 @ 5:38 PM
POLICE in Valencia staged a protest today (Friday) in their underwear over lack of funding to replace their worn-out uniforms and dangerously-old vehicles, or 'deplorable conditions' in which they have to work.
Around 200 officers stood below the balcony of the city hall in boxer shorts at a time when Valencia is replete with tourists for its massive Fallas fiestas.
Their pistols are over 30 years old, their patrol cars are 'fit for the scrapyard' and their bullet-proof vests are so old and tattered that they barely provide them with protection against hardened armed criminals, putting officers' lives at risk.
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