Ambushes, attacks outside of services, death threats and anti-police tags ... Violence against the police was at the origin of the creation a year and a half ago of a security system. support in the form of a listening platform.
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Since its establishment in August 2020, 750 officials have used this device,
Le Figaro
learned
from a police source confirming information from Europe 1
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an average of one to two police officers per day
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The requests of this service of the General Directorate of the National Police (DGPN) most often concern requests for advice, psychological support and sometimes even requests for transfer following harassment situations, for example.
This assistance system provides an e-mail address and a toll-free number accessible every day from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., weekends and public holidays.
Agents on the other end of the phone can offer legal support, among other things.
According to Europe 1, a quarter of the 750 requests recorded concern situations outside the services, attacks or threats for example, as police officers.
A dozen agents have also benefited from a change of residence and emergency assignment over the past year and a half.
More and more violence against the police
The support platform was created in particular to respond to the dramatic number of suicides among the police, expressing the growing unease in the profession. "
One of the reasons why the police and gendarmes can kill themselves, it is injuries, assaults, attacks, whether physical or verbal or mental,
" said the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin on the occasion of the launch of the platform. "
Since 1999, violence has increased by more than 60% on agents holding authority: 42 police officers were attacked every day in 1999, against 105 today
", warned Frédéric Lagache in our columns, delegate general last May. of the Alliance Police Nationale Syndicate.
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In parallel with the assistance system, the deputies approved Wednesday, September 22, at first reading, a strengthening of the penalties for the perpetrators of violence committed against members of the police.
The text creates a specific offense in the Penal Code for violence against police officers, gendarmes, soldiers within the framework of an internal operation, municipal police officers, prison officers, firefighters or customs officers, as well as their families.
The bill provides for seven years in prison and a 100,000 euros fine for violence resulting in total incapacity for work of more than eight days, five years and 75,000 euros for less or no incapacity.
