Home Affairs Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Tuesday 18 October the creation of a new central office to combat violence against minors, which will lead the judicial police (PJ), currently at the heart of a hotly contested reform plan.
This work”shows that it is possible to create judicial police offices“, added the minister, who was speaking at the National Assembly Laws Committee during the examination of his ministry’s 2023 loan conclusion.Which will show that judicial police is not abolished. Perhaps one day I will hear this argument“, he continued. “This is a strong sign of the minister’s confidence in the PG“, he told AFP to his entourage.
Crime is on the rise
The project to reform the national police wanted by Gérald Darmanin is currently the subject of fierce opposition from PJ investigators, magistrates and lawyers. They gathered again on Monday in 36 cities across France to voice their opposition to the project.
The reform would bring all of the department’s police services—intelligence, public security, border police and PJ—under a single departmental director of the national police, depending on the prefect. Critics of the project note the risk “leveling down» the skills of a prestigious police officer responsible for the most serious crimes and strengthening the weight of the district head under the supervision of the executive in investigations.
An office to combat violence against minors was establishedother than OCRVP“, (central office for combating violence against persons), will include “30 investigators“, the minister elaborated on Tuesday. “Crimes and crimes involving minors are on the rise, especially thanks to the Internet– he said again. This announcement was made a few days after the murder of 12-year-old schoolgirl Lola in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, which caused a great stir in France.
Source: Le Figaro
