The video, very relayed on social networks this Thursday, is particularly impressive.
Monday August 8, around 9:15 p.m., a police vehicle on a mission to secure Parisian tourist sites pursued a vehicle, with two men on board, which had just refused to comply.
Arrived at the level of rue Saint-Honoré, which crosses the 1st and 8th arrondissements, the police vehicle went “
into contact
” to stop the race of the fugitive.
“
In Paris, the brave police officers managed to stop a madman from driving thanks to a tactical contact!
(…) The driver without a license and under narcotics took all the risks to escape the police
, ”tweeted Matthieu Valet, spokesperson for the independent union of police commissioners (SICP), video in support.
A police officer was slightly injured and the officials' vehicle was damaged.
The judicial processing unit for traffic offenses (UTJDR) was seized.
The driver will be judged in immediate appearance this Thursday, August 11, tells us the Paris prosecutor's office.
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This video comes in the midst of a debate on the need to use the method of "tactical shock" to arrest offenders, as in London.
Faced with the proliferation of urban rodeos and refusals to comply, voices are raised and advocate the use of this method.
“
We must act in the law the tactical shock as in England.
The police must be able to act in safety by trusting their discernment
”, pleads in particular Matthieu Valet.
