An investigation has been opened for the alleged illegal use of an official file by the hierarchy of the municipal police of Saint-Jory, in Haute-Garonne, aimed at knowing the criminal records of certain police officers, the Toulouse prosecutor's office said on Monday. the AFP.
The opening of this investigation into a possible irregular consultation of the criminal record processing file (TAJ), about several municipal police officers, had been requested a little earlier in the morning by the Force Ouvrière (FO) union.
“Particularly difficult” context
This request followed an article in the regional daily
La Dépêche du Midi
on this possible illegal use of the file in 2022, before a decision on the renewal of the authorization to carry weapons for these agents.
In its press release, FO-public services said it was "
scandalized by such actions on the part of agents who are both hierarchical managers and custodians of public authority
".
“
Municipal police officers carry out their duties in a particularly difficult context, in particular due to the perpetual expansion of their missions.
Third security force in the country, their prerogatives and their level of responsibilities remain to this day too little recognized
, ”continues the union.
“
This is why we cannot accept that the profession be sullied by such acts, however marginal they may be
,” he concludes.
