Lausanne, Switzerland (24 Heures, Fre) - A cantonal commission is meeting today with the heads of the cantonal police and the gendarmerie to put an end to tensions and what 24 Heures describes as a quarrel between the two men that has been worsening over the past six years.
The dispute appears to be personal, if 24 Heures is right, and it comes at a time when officers have been on a limited strike, refusing to collect minor fines, until the overtime pay they seek from the Euro 2008 football World Cup is settled. Eric Lehmann, head of the cantonal, or cities/towns police, and Alain Bergonzol, who leads the gendarmerie, or state police, come from very different backgrounds, with the first starting out as an officer on the beat and the second with a career in television behind him.
News story, GenevaLunch, 8 October 2008.
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