William Molinié 06:29, March 23, 2023
Since Monday, March 20, police officers have been mobilized every night in major cities to curb spontaneous demonstrations and are being thrown projectiles, sometimes even physical violence. Members of the security forces are taking their shifts earlier and earlier in the day. A pace that they may have difficulty maintaining if the mobilization were to spread over the length.To deal with the hundreds of demonstrators every night in the city centers of major French cities, the police must be very mobile to disrupt the wild walks. The organizations are worn out and morally and the members of the police are tired, faced with the mobilization against the pension reform.
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17 kilometers to Paris
A commissioner of a CRS brigade walked 17 kilometers in one evening in Paris during an evening where more than 200 fires were recorded. "As soon as we arrive on a fire, they run away, for the moment, few of them seek direct physical confrontation," testifies to the microphone of Europe 1 a Parisian policeman.
Nearly a hundred members of the security forces were still injured throughout France in a week. "The hierarchy tells us that we are doing a good job," says a member of the Parisian BRAV. "The watchword is resilience."
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Police hope to breathe this weekend
"The instruction is to do the best without collateral damage," says a police officer who worries about his troops if the mobilization were to last in time. All hope to be able to breathe during the weekend, before resuming their service for the arrival of King Charles III in Paris.
The fears of the intelligence services around this visit are numerous. Several calls to disrupt the dinner between the British sovereign and Emmanuel Macron to be held at the Palace of Versailles on Monday evening have been launched on social networks.