The head of the judicial police in the southern zone of France, Eric Arella, was dismissed from his post on Friday, the general management of the national police (DGPN) announced to AFP, the day after a demonstration in Marseille. against the reform of the PJ.
He is replaced by Dominique Abbenanti, currently security attaché in Algiers, the same source added.
“
It's a shame, we blame him.
He has always been loyal.
And it is almost all of the officials who are against this
reform, ”a PJ source in Marseille told AFP.
The day before, some 200 officers of the judicial police mobilized in Marseille against the reform wanted by the Minister of the Interior, who according to them risks “
crushing
” their know-how.
In front of the Bishop's Palace, the police station, they gathered in uniform, their "
judicial police
" vests crossed out with a black band, on the occasion of the arrival of the Director General of the National Police (DGPN), Frédéric Calves.
They observed a minute of silence, wearing a large stuffed tiger, a nod to their emblem and to the nickname of Georges Clémenceau who created at the beginning of the 20th century the ancestor of the PJ, the regional mobile police brigades, say "
tiger brigades
".
Upon leaving the meeting, Frédéric Veaux crossed the corridors in an icy atmosphere, forced to split a hedge of demonstrators arms crossed and silent, according to a video sent to AFP.
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