It is sometimes difficult to go to a police station after domestic violence.
Fear of judgment, of being badly received or ridiculed… What if it was the police station that came to hear the victims?
The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and the Minister Delegate Marlène Schiappa announced at the end of the year and on a temporary basis "the complaint to others", to improve the care of victims.
The experiment will allow "in certain departments that the police and gendarmes move" to collect complaints, said the Minister of the Interior before the law commission of the National Assembly.
Improve the reception of victims
"If you are an abused woman and you have chosen to be with your social worker, your friend, your mother, at the town hall and you are afraid of the police station (the welcome we can give you, the look of others, the difficulty of entering a police station, it is never obvious) ”, then the police will be able to move, he continued.
The list of departments concerned by the experiment will be determined "in the coming days," said the Ministry of the Interior.
The reception of victims of domestic violence can "certainly improve", added Gérald Darmanin, questioned on the subject after a demonstration, Sunday in front of the Montpellier police station, to denounce the poor care of victims of sexual assault .
The lodging of a complaint at the hospital, set up within the framework of the Grenelle of domestic violence, is already tested and should soon be extended to the whole of the territory.
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In addition, following the Beauvau de la sécurité, the complaint will gradually become dematerialized. “I would like the online complaint to be implemented from 2023,” Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday September 15, 2021.
The complaint is dematerialized
For the moment, only "certain thefts, the deliberate degradation of vehicles, the theft of unregistered two-wheelers, graffiti, burglaries and the fraudulent use of means of payment" seem concerned.
In this case, the procedures can be done entirely at home.
The government is still considering a wider use: "The online complaint can also make it possible to fix an appointment with the victim", when it is necessary.
In connection with sexual offenses, for example.
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For this type of assault, as for domestic violence, many women find it difficult to push through the doors of the police station.
It is estimated that only 10% of rape victims dare to file a complaint.