Monday, August 8, a motorist fled a police check in the middle of Paris (1st arrondissement) and initiated a chase of all dangers.
The author was sentenced to two years in prison, one year of which was suspended on probation.
The suspect will finally be arrested after an accidental collision between his vehicle and that of the police.
The video of this muscular arrest made the rounds of social networks and opened the debate in France on the technique originating in Great Britain, known as "tactical contact".
Victims avoided, bystanders protected, a thug arrested!
In #Paris, the brave #police officers managed to stop a madman from driving thanks to a tactical contact!
Congratulations to them for their professionalism.
In #France, it's a refusal to comply every 20 minutes.
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— Matthieu Valet (@mvalet_officiel) August 10, 2022
Originally from Great Britain, this method, which consists of knocking down the fleeing suspect by hitting him, was first developed to fight against scooter crimes.
In France, there is no law that regulates this technique of "buffering", explains Matthieu Valet, police officer and spokesperson for the Independent Union of Police Commissioners (SICP).
On our territory, the police are instructed to initiate proceedings only in the event of "serious offences", for perpetrators "likely to endanger the lives of others", can we read in an evaluation report of the law of August 3, 2018, in 2021. Deferred interpellations are preferred.
The “tactical contact” method is therefore prohibited.
