Their sirens sounded for a long time in the city center, this Wednesday around 2:30 pm The Strasbourg police officers paraded in a procession in their vehicle. A little earlier, they left the police station to go to the prefecture.
“There were about 150 of us,” explains Christophe Rouyer, departmental secretary of the Alliance union. We will deliver a letter to the prefect of Grand-Est [Josiane Chevalier]. She will receive us at 4:30 p.m. "
In this letter, signed by the intersyndicale, the police deplore the conviction of one of their colleague, Tuesday before the criminal court of the Alsatian capital. They consider his conditional sentence to 18 months in prison too harsh for hitting a "yellow vest" with a baton.
"We are waiting for a Beauvau from security"
In the early afternoon, they had gathered in front of the police station and had symbolically placed their "defense stick" in a box. "Since we can no longer use it, we return it," said Christophe Rouyer, who wishes to broaden the debate: "We are not just contesting what happened in court on Tuesday, it is a set. "
As elsewhere in France, the Strasbourg police demonstrated to denounce their working conditions and their remuneration, but also react to the words of the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner. "We are waiting for a Beauvau from security and to be received by the President of the Republic", summarizes the trade unionist.
In Strasbourg, actions had already been taken before the European Parliament or the cathedral. Tuesday evening, the police were lined up in front of their vehicle at the foot of the religious building. Passers-by had applauded them.
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