Police strike ends in Brazil
By The Associated Press
This article was published February 12, 2012 at 9:50 a.m.
PHOTO BY FELIPE DANA / AP
Brazilian army soldiers patrol at Pituacu beach in the Bahian capital of Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. President Dilma Rousseff has offered help to the governor of Bahia, where most officers are returning to work after an 11-day strike during which the capital city's murder rate doubled.
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SAO PAULO — Police in Brazil’s third-largest city have ended a nearly two-week strike during which there was a spike in murders.
Officers in Salvador, the capital of the northeastern state of Bahia, voted to end the strike late Saturday.
Government officials confirmed the strikers’ two main demands were met: a 6.5 percent increase in officers’ pay and that none of the striking officers would be punished.
There were more than 130 murders in the Salvador metropolitan area during the 12-day strike.
Meanwhile, a police strike in Rio de Janeiro has had little effect on that city just days before its massive Carnival begins.
Streets in Rio were calm early Sunday, despite a strike being called Friday. Authorities said few of the 58,000 officers were adhering to the work stoppage.
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YoungHog says... February 12, 2012 at 1:20 p.m.
130 murders is crazy... Sad
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