The Director General of the National Police Frédéric Veaux described the forum signed by a hundred former police officers demanding "
measures
" to "
restore the authority of the State
" as an initiative which "
weakens the institution
".
"
Your initiative weakens our institution more than it strengthens it,
" wrote the DGPN in a letter dated May 12, unveiled by Europe 1 and consulted by AFP on Friday.
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The boss of the national police responds to an open letter, signed by name by 93 retired police officers, and addressed to the President of the Republic, the government and parliamentarians.
France's "disintegration"
In line with recent military forums denouncing in particular the “
disintegration
” of France, the former police officers call on elected officials to “do
everything possible to put an end to the extremely serious situation that France is going through in terms of security and of public tranquility
”.
Believing that "
fear must change sides
", they demand in particular an "
adapted penal response
" so that "
the sentences are really carried out and up to the crimes committed
".
The forum, also posted on several online petitions sites, had collected some 25,000 signatures on Friday.
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In his letter Frédéric Veaux reminds former police officers that their status does not "
exempt them from the obligation of reserve
".
The DGPN also invites them to "
take note
" of the measures taken by the Minister of the Interior, qualified as "
significant progress
".
They give the police
"the means of their authority
" and allow them "to
act with better efficiency
", argues Frédéric Veaux.
On the subject of the penal response, he refers them to the “
recent announcements
” of the government, which are “
likely to make a positive difference
” and to “
meet the expectations of our fellow citizens and the police
”.
"
The national police today need more self-confidence, unity, cohesion in its ranks, without partisan spirit
", writes the DGPN again. "
It seems to me that our elders could contribute to it by a constructive and unifying speech
", he concludes.
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