"The BIS as we know it will disappear". In a tribune broadcast on social networks, seven survivors of the attack on Bataclan, during the attacks of November 13, 2015, provide support to the members of the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI), which could be attached to the RAID , before a broader reform within the prefecture of Paris.
The BIS as we know it is in danger, we have to help them: # Bataclan # 13November # Terrorism # Macron # Castaner # Paris @ prefpolice @ EmmanuelMacron @ CCastaner @ NunezLaurentpic.twitter.com / 7UYFXJaU7O
- David Fritz Goepp (@DavidFritzGoep) August 14, 2019"As ex-hostages, the reform itself deeply distresses us," write David, Grégory, Caroline, Stéphane, Marie, Arnaud and Sébastien. Before questioning: "Why 'liquidate' this police training, unique and especially extremely effective, for what purpose?".
A BIS "tossed like a vulgar bag"
The subject of their concern is a plan to reform the elite unit, which could be linked to the RAID, a sometimes competing service, as suggested by the police prefect Didier Lallement in a report sent to the Ministry of the Interior. Before, perhaps "a more important reform of the police headquarters", specifies France Inter. On the evening of November 13, the BRI was the first to intervene in Bataclan, before receiving support from the RAID.
Beyond the bottom, the signatories also deplore the form, and a BIS "tossed like a vulgar bag in a political sea that men suffer, in the shadows, while exercising their job, that of protecting us". "As citizens, we expect the state to be clear, precise and respectful to those police officers who, every day, are working to make Paris safer," they added.
"Things that work, do not destroy them"
Questioned by France Culture, Gregory, one of the signatories, testifies. "If I survived, it's thanks to the intervention of the BRI, by their coolness and their dedication, their courage, they took their responsibilities and they saved us." It was an intervention that worked And things that work, do not destroy them, you have to consolidate them, keep them "
France Inter, a source at the Ministry of the Interior ensures however that no decision has yet been taken, while the Prefecture of Police explains to Franceinfo that "nothing is recorded"
on the evening of 13 November, the BIS was the first to intervene in Bataclan, before receiving the support of the Raid.