The tragedy happened on Thursday morning.
A 45-year-old police officer killed himself with his service weapon at the police station in Haguenau (Bas-Rhin), we learned from the functional divisional commander Raymond Briclot and the Alternative Police union.
"A deep sadness grips us this morning on learning that David, 45, affected in the Bas-Rhin, has ended his life," wrote the union on its social networks.
The facts took place around 8 am according to Sylvain André, Grand-Est assistant secretary of this union, after the official who had worked in this police station "for four-five years" took office.
"He did this in a room at the police station, near the armory," said Sylvain André, for whom "this act should be considered a work accident, attributable to the service".
"A lack of manpower"
“There is a lack of staff in Haguenau and a lack of attractiveness in the Grand-Est which is known, the colleagues are physically exhausted”, further estimated the union representative, denouncing “a lack of benevolence and recognition hierarchy and administration.
"He was a great guy," insisted on his side Commander Briclot.
The deceased official, single and childless, was to join a police station in the Hautes-Alpes at the start of the school year after obtaining his transfer.
He was assigned to the "public road" service in Haguenau, and had previously been stationed in Strasbourg.
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