Several hundred police officers, mostly judicial police investigators, gathered quietly in front of the headquarters in Paris and Marseille at the end of the morning to protest against the current PJ reform plan, according to AFP reporters. In Paris, a little over two hundred of them gathered in front of the Paris court at 36 rue du Bastion, where several magistrates and investigative judges came to show their support.
“We show our solidarity (…) It is unclear what happened in Marseille, where we fired a colleague known for his constructive character, who proposed changes to the project (…) is unclear.“, explained Jean-Paul Maigre, National Secretary of the Independent Union of Police Commissioners. And even if the Paris PJ is not worried about the reform, the officer estimates that it “will mechanically affect the police headquarters“.
The head of the PJ in the southern zone, which runs from Perpignan to Nice, Eric Arella, who, among other things, leads a complex investigation against drug cartels, was removed from his post on Friday after a silent demonstration by his troops against the reforms. During the visit of the Director General of the National Police of the Republic of Azerbaijan. This expulsion caused widespread outrage in the police, but also in the judicial system, where prosecutors and investigating magistrates are also worried about the ongoing reforms.
On Monday, delays of the planned operations were noted in several directions of the PA of France. in nicesevering motion of unlimited duration“It has been observed by all PJ agents since Tuesday,” a police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity, noting that “only emergencies are covered“.
The reform envisages placing all police services – intelligence, public security, border police and PJ – under a single departmental director of the National Police (DDPN), who reports to the prefect.
Source: Le Figaro
