French police chief vows to address officer’ concerns
France’s national police chief has vowed to address the demands of protesting law enforcement personnel as officers stage demos for a sixth night across several cities.
Officers claim they are not properly equipped to do their jobs and face harsh working conditions. They have been staging protests over the past week in particular over increasing acts of violence against them.
They staged protests in Paris, Strasbourg, and Nancy late on Saturday.
“In Paris, it is mainly young police officers who say they have lost confidence in their hierarchy, in the institution and in their unions,” Jean-Marc Falcone, France’s national police chief, said in an interview with the weekly Journal du Dimanche.
Thousands of police officers and soldiers have been deployed to guard airports, train stations and other public places in response to a spate of terrorist attacks that has claimed the lives of over 230 people over the past nearly two years across France.
“I understand their concerns. And I also should tell you that I share almost all of their demands,” Falcone said, referring to the overworking officers.
Falcone said he would equip officers with modern and sophisticated weaponry and gadgets and would reduce their workload under the almost one-year-old state of emergency that has been in place since terrorist attacks in and around the capital last November, the deadliest among the raids.
The rallies by the officers have in fact been illegal under the state of emergency.
French President Francois Hollande said on Friday that he would meet with police representatives in the coming week to hear their demands.
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