The French love their police. This was measured by the survey carried out on June 10 and 11 by Odoxa-Dentsu Consulting for Le Figaro and Franceinfo with 1,005 people. Asked about the image of the police in the midst of controversy since the George Floyd affair, more than three-quarters of those polled (76%) said they had a good opinion of the police. A result which is unanimously political. Apart from the rebellious sympathizers who, at 59%, criticize the police institution, those of the other parties acclaim it. The rate reaches 79% on the PS side, 92% on the LREM side and peaks at 95% for the LRs and 81% with the RN.
However, this image has deteriorated in five years. Right after the attacks in January 2015, the rate of good opinion collected 8 points more. "Certainly, the study of February 2015 was carried out in a very specific post-Charlie context where the whole of France applauded its police officers (...) but, despite everything, the trend is very real and worrying", notes Gaël
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