The scandal that splashes for a few days the security company and intervention of Seine-Saint-Denis (CSI), including several agents were indicted this Thursday for forgery and use of forgery in public writing, and placed under judicial control , is, for this commissioner of 93, open secret. "Everyone knew it," he slides, taking refuge behind the reserve imposed on him by his position.
"For three to four years, business has been going up," he continues. And not only to the local police station. The direction of proximity security of the Paris agglomeration (DSPAP), on which these 150 agents depend, would have been put in the confidence.
But at the outset, it was business here and there relayed to the neighborhoods by rumor. These reports came from dealers who would never have risked crossing the door of a police station to file a complaint. These rumors ended up swelling and being taken really seriously.
These questionable practices had started to annoy the police on the ground. "We knew because they made no secret of it that in the CSI, we could make several hundred euros per month in cash on the money of the deal," said another official.
Buying moves
In this city of Seine-Saint-Denis, these cases had never been the subject of a flagrant offense, but they all had a common jurisdiction: "They were blows of purchases on stups", details Commissioner. In the jargon, a coup is when a plainclothes policeman buys shit from a dealer according to a very framed procedure and subject to the authorization of the prosecution.
However, when certain ITUC officials were on the move, the takeover was akin to Jarnac. At the foot of the buildings, it was said that "the police gathered the dealers in the hall and beat them, they pocketed the money and the narcotics in the process."
Another entourage consisted of entering a “nanny” housing, where the drugs are stored, under conditions that are not very regulatory: and “they added an extra kilo to shine the case. It's always more rewarding, ”continues this official.
ITUC Inspired Fear
Another well-worked combination described by a police officer: “They hid in a city, spotted where the nurse was, went to take drugs and money. Then they called an OPJ (judicial police officer) saying to him: it smells like shit there . The policeman was white cabbage, obviously.
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The company inspired fear. "In the cities, the dealers never stuck the CSI, they feared that they would then make a big descent," he adds.
Based on this information, in this police station, we said that there was no smoke without fire. Decision had been taken by the boss "to no longer work with the ITUC". A real concern, because this unit of 150 seasoned men, created in 2008 by Nicolas Sarkozy, was specialized in the maintenance of order in the cities.
"Group effect"
When tension rose, the CSI was dispatched to the field. They also intervened in the framework of an “anti-crime round” in support of local staff.
"It is a pity that the problem was not taken at the root," continues the commissioner. At first there may have been a few people participating, but then there was a group effect. "
Police suspected of throwing drug package at man's foot
Judging by the number of procedures launched by the Bobigny prosecution, these would not in fact be isolated cases. One of them, nicknamed "the cancer patient", had already been arrested last year after a skid committed in Saint-Ouen in the city of Cordon, on August 9.
A dealer had filed a complaint for "acts of torture and barbarity" after, he denounced, having taken "a blow of taser in the genitals". Six had been placed in police custody. A trial will be held in November in Bobigny.
The city noises started to hang a certain consistency. Seventeen investigations have been launched and are said to concern dozens of officials from the unit.
The police headquarters announces the dissolution of the service
This Thursday, the Paris police prefecture has pronounced the dissolution of the CSI 93. The workforce should be deployed in the Paris area ... except in Seine-Saint-Denis.
If some do not fall from the clouds after the discovery of the pot with roses, certain police officers of the 93 say completely surprised: "We never had worries with them. "For this police officer in the field who works in a very restless city in the department, he believes that this operation against the ITUC" is part of the anti-cop climate that prevails at the moment. You have to give wages and have some branches cut. "
