"New at the Orléans police station"
, announces the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin, Friday July 23 on Twitter.
People who come to the police station to lodge a complaint now have the choice between two different signs: one,
"with an orange circle"
, for victims of rape, domestic violence or domestic violence;
the other,
“with a blue circle”
, for victims of another offense.
Also on Twitter, the national police of Loiret specifies that the new organization has been in place since Thursday, July 22.
"# Confidentiality, # discretion and # respect for victims,"
adds the tweet in question.
Yet it is precisely on these aspects that many Internet users have criticized this device.
"Hello discretion ... It is already often a difficulty for victims to cross the door of a police station, so orient themselves towards the pastille in question and publicly display their situation ..."
, comments a user.
"Superb for confidentiality,"
worries another.
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Several Internet users have also joked about the fact that this tweet was published just days after an announcement of the
Chained Duck
which made a lot of talk about it.
The police officer who had registered the complaint of Chahinez Daoud, burned alive by his spouse last May in Mérignac, had indeed been convicted of domestic violence.
A similar device at Le Mans
It should be noted, however, that the device hailed by Gérald Darmanin is not new in France.
At Le Mans, this system, known as the Table d'Accueil Confidentialité (TAC), was introduced at the end of 2019. In an article dated 23 November 2019,
Le Maine Libre
specifies that the plaintiffs are faced with
“a sheet
of paper
”. color code with an orange or blue circle ”
and thus no longer
“ have to say aloud, in front of everyone, the object of their visit ”
.
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“No room for controversy on such a serious subject. It will be the same device as that set up at Le Mans, which respects the confidentiality of victims and which gives complete satisfaction, ”
the Minister of the Interior tweeted in the face of the flurry of criticism that followed his message.
The controversy persisted, however, because of a photo illustrating an article from the
Republic of the Center
, also shared by Gérald Darmanin on Twitter this Friday.
In this shot, the blue and orange circles were not only indicated on sheets, out of sight, but appeared clearly visible in the Orléans police station, effectively creating two distinct lines.
What reinforce fears related to the confidentiality of complaints.
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the Information and Communication Service of the National Police (Sicop) explains that this photo
"does not correspond to the reality of the device"
.
"The TAC is a discreet system, which allows victims of sexual, conjugal and intra-family violence to put their hand on a sheet with the correct color code
, which triggers an appropriate consideration of their contact person at the reception
, underlines the Sicop.
We have good feedback from victims who have experimented with this device, which works very well and is set to be generalized. ”