A former police officer from the Rouen court was sentenced Thursday by the Évreux criminal court to 12 months of suspended prison time and banned from practicing his profession for one year for violations of professional secrecy and use of narcotics, it was reported learned on Saturday from the Évreux prosecutor Rémi Coutin.
“Several infractions” noted by the IGPN
The IGPN branch in Rennes had carried out an investigation into this police officer, now assigned to Mayotte, who was in charge of escorts to the Rouen court, and had noted "several offenses", the magistrate told AFP last month. .
The IGPN had noted, among other things, "the consumption of narcotics, illicit work in a bowling alley in violation of the obligations of one's profession or even violations of professional secrecy towards certain relatives of people implicated in investigations".
Thus, the investigation had notably shown that this police officer had informed a friend, implicated in a case of domestic violence, about the movements of his wife, Rémi Coutin confirmed on Saturday.
He admitted the facts
Placed in police custody in mid-January, the police officer admitted the various offenses.
“Assigned to Mayotte”, he was then placed under judicial supervision with a ban on practicing his profession, according to the Évreux public prosecutor's office.
The police officer reporting to the departmental directorate of public security of Seine-Maritime, the general public prosecutor's office had wanted the Évreux public prosecutor's office to take charge of this case "for obvious reasons", according to the same source.
According to France 3 Normandie, this police officer was the victim in 2019 of racist insults and hateful remarks in a WhatsApp discussion group between some of his ex-police colleagues.
In this case, five Évreux police officers were sentenced in November 2021 by the Évreux police court to fines of 150 to 1,000 euros for “non-public insults of a racist nature”.