Worse yet, the bulletproof flak jackets are shared, with officers complaining that their coworkers' bad hygiene has resulted in breakouts of sores and pimples, caused by the dirty, stinky, greasy vests. Metro News explains that the sharing of vests is a budgetary issue.
Guards have also complained about the increased length of their shifts, one guard noting that he worked an uninterrupted shift that lasted nearly nine hours.
Taken together, the list of complaints is leading officers to consider going on strike, according to TheLocal.fr.
Following January's terror attacks on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and a Paris Kosher deli, French authorities launched Operation Vigipirate, a security operation aimed at guarding sensitive sites, including landmarks, media outlets and Jewish schools. Since then, nearly 11,500 soldiers and police have been involved in the guarding of roughly 800 sensitive sites.