Europe 1 with AFP 14:00 p.m., June 05, 2023

The prefect of police sent to the disciplinary council three police officers of the Brav-M who had threatened and humiliated young people arrested in Paris at the end of March, and punished four others with a warning, said the prefecture of police.

The prefect of police has referred to the disciplinary council three police officers of the Brav-M who had threatened and humiliated young people arrested in Paris at the end of March, and sanctioned four others with a warning, said Monday to AFP the prefecture of police. "The police prefecture confirms following the recommendations of the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN)," added the PP, confirming information from BFMTV.

In the conclusions of its administrative investigation issued at the beginning of May, the police had accused the officials of one or more shortcomings, including the duty of exemplarity, the duty of courtesy towards the public, the attack on the credit of the national police and the duty to protect the arrested person.

Exchanges with registered police officers

The warning is a disciplinary sanction of the first group, the lowest in the public service, and is not mentioned in the officer's file. Before a disciplinary board, police officers potentially face heavier penalties, from temporary exclusion for one day to dismissal, which is much rarer.

On the night of 20 to 21 March, members of the Brav-M (Brigade for the Repression of Violent Actions Motorized) had arrested seven young demonstrators, suspected of having taken part in damage in a wild procession in the center of Paris. One of the arrested had then discreetly recorded the exchanges with the police.

Brav-M agents pleaded "physical and moral fatigue"

"The next time we come, you will not get on the bus to go to the police station, you will get on another thing called ambulance to go to the hospital," threatens a police officer against a Chadian student, Souleyman Adoum Souleyman, particularly targeted by officials in the recording.

In reports to their hierarchy of Brav-M agents who intervened on the evening of the facts, obtained by AFP, they pleaded "physical and moral fatigue". A judicial investigation, also entrusted to the IGPN, is still ongoing in this case.