• On Thursday, the Constitutional Council censored a large part of the “comprehensive security” law.

  • According to a press release from the town hall, more than 200 municipal police officers gathered on Place Masséna in Nice on Friday to challenge this decision.

  • For the president of the Union for the defense of municipal police officers, the call for the rally concerned the defense of the social component.

    He denounces "manipulation".

On Thursday, the Constitutional Council censured a large part of the “comprehensive security” law, in particular the article which organized the use of drones by the police and that on the extension of the powers of the municipal police.

According to the information communicated by the city of Nice, it is in particular for these reasons that more than 200 municipal agents gathered Friday on the place Masséna, with Christian Estrosi by their side.

At the same time, another email was sent to the police, which

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was able to consult.

The town hall thanks this time "all the PM, ASVP and administrative agents for having responded in numbers to the appeal of the mayor, for the defense of the status and social aspect of the municipal police".

The president of a union denounces manipulation

Decision of the Constitutional Council or defense of the social aspect?

The reasons for the rally do not seem clear.

This is what bothers Cédric Michel, national president of the Union for the defense of municipal police officers (SDPM), who denounces "manipulation".

“After the rally and the mayor's speech, around 40 members called me and asked me why they had demonstrated.

They were not aware of this decision of the Constitutional Council and thought they were present to defend their status and the social aspect.

In any case, this is what they had been told on Friday morning, when the mayor called for a meeting.

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The president of the SDPM recalls that, concerning the “comprehensive security” law, the municipal police were not consulted and that they rejected it.

“Throughout the debates, what we were asking for was the social aspect.

It was our only concern because we have enough prerogatives.

The town hall of Nice must not involve the municipal police officers if it wants to challenge the decisions of the Constitutional Council.

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"It was not a demonstration"

During the demonstration, the municipal police put their handcuffs on the ground. This symbolic gesture "was orchestrated by a given instruction", according to the president of the SDPM. He explains: “Several elements show that it was not a demonstration. First, it is following an email from the town hall that the police meet. Then, no trade union organization participates in it. At this rally, the agents are in a row, in front of the elected officials, throw in their handcuffs and receive a thank-you email. It was completely organized. A police demonstration doesn't look like that. "

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the director of the municipal police of Nice, Richard Gianotti, affirms that “this protest movement” was indeed a way of “expressing the disappointment of the municipal police”.

According to him, this law would have made it possible "to have more power and therefore more responsibilities and from there, to claim social advances".

He adds: “Everything is linked.

It's obvious to me.

I regret that some unions have not seen these issues.

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The director of the municipal police ensures that no one was forced to go to this event where "barely half of the officers were present".

The municipal police force has 550 staff.

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He concludes: “What we were asking for was not a revolution, we just wanted to be more autonomous in order to relieve the pressure on the police and justice services.

As with drug use or street sales.

These are interventions for which the national police today no longer have the means to intervene.

In total, more than 6,000 arrests are made per year.

We contribute to everyone's safety every day.

With this decision of the Constitutional Council, the citizens will be the first victims.

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