Since the beginning of the year, the police have been able to take advantage of SNCF and Ouigo train reductions, provided they are armed. Even off-duty, the latter can intervene if necessary at the request of the supervisor, whom they notified at the beginning of the journey. This is what the National Police calls the device.travel protection“. More than 100,000 journeys have been secured thanks to this device in more than seven months Le Figaroconfirming information from Europe 1.
A specific police officer benefits from either a general award.when it is a homework subscription and if the journey takes more than 1h15», either deductions, 75% of the cost of the ticket being borne by the Home Office, and the remaining quarter by the Administration through purchase vouchers, or otherwise for travel.’Hobbies:“, the spokeswoman of the National Police, Sonia Fibleil, elaborates Figaro.
About fifty interventions since the beginning of the year
It is difficult to know the number of police officers using this device. According to Sonia Fibleuil, 200 current or under-study subscriptions have been counted;and the rest is done on a case-by-case basis. It could be a few traveling cops“. “Today, there are more and more police officers who can ride the train. The latter can then secure and intervene armed“, the press spokesperson adds.
What happens to the weapon when the trip is over? “A police officer can keep it at his resort, at the on-site police station or in his personal safe under strict security conditions.“says the spokesperson of the National Police.
Since January 1, the police intervened fifty times regarding this system. “It is mostly underestimated, because partners do not necessarily systematically return their intervention, stating that they traveled thanks to this device.“, however, admits Sonya Feebley. The latter has intervened especially in the context of attacks on guards, indecency, violence, touching of women and recently in the context of fights with youths from the Rennes region. These interventions should increase over the summer with departures and returns from holidays.
Source: Le Figaro
