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2020-06-16T21:59:15.935Z


A working group will be set up on Wednesday to define a technique to replace this method of arrest.His abandonment announced by Christophe Castaner had angered the police. The controversial so-called strangulation technique will finally continue "to be implemented" until a new method of arrest is defined, said the chief of the national police on Monday. "Pending the definition of a new framework and insofar as circumstances require, the so-called strangulation technique will continue to be imp...


His abandonment announced by Christophe Castaner had angered the police. The controversial so-called strangulation technique will finally continue "to be implemented" until a new method of arrest is defined, said the chief of the national police on Monday.

"Pending the definition of a new framework and insofar as circumstances require, the so-called strangulation technique will continue to be implemented with measure and discernment and will be replaced as and when of the individual training provided ”, writes the director general of the national police (DGPN) Frédéric Veaux, in a memo. A person who physically resists arrest, threatens the police or third parties may still be subject to a choke key, says the note.

The head of the national police said that a working group will be set up Wednesday "to define a replacement technique". He will have to give his conclusions "before September 1". Frédéric Veaux also recalls that "the rear grip to immobilize the standing person or train him on the ground in order to handcuff him is always taught and applied".

"Insufficient to dispel deep discomfort"

The announcement of the abandonment of the “strangulation” key by Christophe Castaner, on June 8 after a weekend of mobilizations against police violence, had angered the unions and agents on the ground, who, since then, organized symbolic protests with deposits of handcuffs.

"The note removes the ambiguities arising from the minister's intervention," noted Patrice Ribeiro, secretary general of the Synergie-Officers union. It also raises "a legal uncertainty for the police who would still use it," he added. "It goes in the right direction but it is not enough to dispel the deep discomfort of the police. "

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"It is a note which arrives late but which arrives well", underlined Yves Lefebvre, general secretary of the union Unity-SGP-FO. “There was an artistic blur. These clarifications are a step in the right direction. The problem is that the minister's remarks have generated a lot of tension and relaunch of pending files, particularly on the social aspect, status of night workers, facilitation of advancement paths. "

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In a leaflet, the Alliance union told him "to take note of this first step but remains mobilized pending the audience with the President of the Republic".

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