Do the police force prohibit the pursuit of two-, three- and four-wheeled vehicles in Seine-Saint-Denis in the event of refusal to comply, suspicion of an offense or even an offense? The question is controversial since the visit to the Bobigny police station of Laurent Nunez, Secretary of State to the Minister of the Interior, on June 26.
That day during a meeting with the police, the police protested to the Secretary of State that they had to systematically stop the handling (interception) of two-wheelers and even vehicles. “As soon as we report by radio to the CIC (Editor’s note: information and command center) that we are on a vehicle, we are ordered to let go, we can no longer work, ”laments a policeman from the Anti-Crime Brigade (BAC).
Immediately François Léger, the territorial director of public security of Seine-Saint-Denis, intervenes to put the agent’s statements into perspective. “It’s not exactly that,” he says. The police grumble, but do not increase. The Secretary of State does not seem to be fooled by the situation, while the Alliance union is cracking down on a severe leaflet vis-à-vis the DTSP. “Why not tell the truth to the Secretary of State? Support for two, three and four-wheelers is systematically stopped in the department. “And Frédéric Lagache, general delegate of the union, to drive home the point:” Some police officers prefer to secure a sweet career rather than tackle delinquency. “
Instructions that will evolve
Asked, François Léger refused any idea of controversy with the police. “I am too respectful of the personnel on the ground,” he confides, while specifying that he discovered the problem during the secretary of state’s visit. The head of the Seine-Saint-Denis uniformed police adds: “We only apply the instructions we receive, even if they can be too restrictive and probably have to change. It is a matter of being discerning according to the times, the places and the offense. “
The case could have ended there if Laurent Nunez had not since appropriated the subject. According to our information, the secretary of state asked Didier Lallement, the prefect of police of Paris, to make him proposals on the cases in which the assumption of responsibility of a vehicle can be made possible. This is confirmed to us by the Paris police headquarters. “A reflection is underway and things will evolve,” we say to the Parisian.
A note that dates back to March 2015
The subject is particularly sensitive in particular to the proliferation of wild rodeos in sensitive cities in summer which represent a real scourge and challenge for the police. The care in Ile-de-France is currently framed by a note which dates back to March 2015 and which is signed by Jacques Méric, the former director of proximity security of the Paris agglomeration (DSPAP). Since then, the DSPAP has changed two directors twice without changing the doctrine.
What does this note say? “The pursuit of vehicles, whether two or four-wheeled can only be justified because of a particularly serious fact,” said the document. What are these facts? The flight or escape of an armed individual who attempted to attack the life of a person; the escape of an author, armed or not, of a blood crime; the flight of one or more perpetrators of aggravated crimes and offenses causing bodily harm. In all other situations, care is prohibited, even in the event of refusal to comply. The note indicates that the reasons for the pursuit, the identification of the vehicle and the direction of its escape must be transmitted by radio to the CIC.
