The online complaint, tested in Gironde since December, will be generalized throughout France from next summer, Emmanuel Macron announced Friday, during a trip to Bordeaux.
“It will drastically simplify the lives of our compatriots and our police officers and gendarmes,” greeted the head of state after attending a demonstration at the city’s police headquarters.
Three and a half million eligible complaints
Announced in 2021 by the Head of State, the system only concerns the simplest cases, attacks on property (theft, vandalism, breach of trust or even fraud, including on the Internet).
It will only be possible in cases where the complaint is filed against X, that is to say when the author has not been identified.
“In total, out of three and a half million complaints per year, two million complaints are eligible for this simplified procedure,” assured Emmanuel Macron.
This is done in complete security, with full respect of confidentiality and will allow us to organize things much better and therefore to have even more police officers and gendarmes on the ground.”
The system will be generalized to the entire territory from next summer, as well as the “video-complaint”, currently being tested in a few departments, including Sarthe, added the Head of State.