Frédéric Lagache is general delegate of the Union Alliance Police Nationale.
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FIGAROVOX. - Less than two weeks after the Avignon bombing, a police officer was killed while performing his duties in Avignon. Are the police, doubly bereaved, the first victims of violence?
Frédéric LAGACHE. -
Without a doubt.
Since yesterday, we have not mentioned the rise in violence against the police and all those with authority - gendarmes, firefighters, elected officials of the Republic.
Since 1999, violence has increased by more than 60% against agents with authority: 42 police officers were assaulted every day in 1999, against 105 today.
Frédéric Lagache
Since 1999, violence has increased by more than 60% against agents with authority: 42 police officers were assaulted every day in 1999, against 105 today.
We know of intimidation, calls for murder and attempted assassinations in the most sensitive neighborhoods every day.
What is more, we are facing a hardening of society.
The policeman, shot dead in the line of duty, was involved in an anti-drug operation.
The traffickers were heavily armed.
How can we protect citizens when we ourselves are victims of insecurity?
This drama comes as the legalization of cannabis is being debated in the National Assembly ...
We can legalize everything in life!
Why not hard drugs and gun trafficking?
We know that regulated legalization does not solve any problems and does not stop trafficking.
Worse, it takes us away from the real problem: law enforcement.
By fighting drug trafficking, we are fighting delinquency.
Let's stop blindfolding ourselves!
This kind of initiative contributes to the disintegration of authority.
What solutions must the state provide?
Police officers must be protected and today, it is clear that the state no longer protects its police officers.
But if it is not the State - their employer - who can support them?
The executive announces that safety is its priority, but where are the actions?
We have the feeling of having repeated all this too much, it is now up to the President of the Republic to take matters into his own hands!
We organized a “march of anger” last October.
27,000 police were in the streets.
We weren't just asking for bonuses, what we wanted was fair recognition of our profession.
Is it normal to leave the family home every morning wondering if we are going to come home in the evening?
Is it normal that our children are ashamed to say that their father or their mother is a police officer?
Our profession is no longer recognized or respected.
We denounce a judicial laxity, which promotes the feeling of impunity.
Frédéric Lagache
We also denounce a judicial laxity, which promotes the feeling of impunity. Too often the penalties are not applied and the violence exerted on the agents holding the authority is not increased. The justice system continues to regularly render judgments favorable to delinquents, even against the police. Until the thugs are punished more severely, we will continue to be attacked and citizens will not be protected. The justice system is directly responsible for the sense of impunity that most offenders experience, even though they should fear it.
