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In a memorandum revealed, Thursday, June 3, by The Parisian, the commissioner, head of the district of Sarcelles (Val d’Oise) reminds the police not to chase bikers or motorists who refuse to comply during a control. As we revealed, in 2016, a similar note exists in Lyon and according to several police sources it is “ still in force ».
This Wednesday, June 2, the commissioner, head of the constituency of Sarcelles (Val d’Oise) published a note, revealed this Thursday by The Parisian, in which she reminds the police not to engage in chases “if the driver of the vehicle does not immediately obey visual or sound orders “, during a check. Our colleagues specify that this memo allows only one exception, in the case of a hit and run committed by “the perpetrator of a blatant blood crime“.
In 2016, a substantially similar note, concerning the pursuit of two-wheelers, existed in Lyon and according to several police sources it is “still in force “. When contacted, a high-ranking police officer explained to us that ” of course nothing has changed. “Lyon Capitale” wrote an article in 2016… As long as one note does not supplant another, it is still in force. It still is ».
Pierre Tholly, regional secretary for Aura Alliance National Police also confirms this, specifying that “it is about a national note, which recommends not to hunt, that is to say not to pursue scooters. This note is available in Lyon by taking up word for word the national note “.
A similar note revealed by Lyon Capital in 2016
In July-August 2016, Lyon Capital had revealed the existence of this note. Following which the director of the DDSP (Departmental Directorate of Public Security) at the time summoned us. During this interview, published in our issue 758 of September 2016, we asked him to confirm whether there was “dinstructions not to arrest certain delinquents“.
He then replied: “There are no instructions not to arrest offenders. The role of the police is to arrest all offenders. Regarding chases, they are perfectly justified when dealing with a criminal. For example, if it is a go-fast and there are several tens of kilos of stups. […] The kid who is going to arrive without a helmet by making round trips in front of a police patrol, we will not ask the patrol to take all the risks to corner him. If we can challenge him, we will. But if the kid takes reckless risks to escape the police, we too are not going to embark on a rodeo and take all the risks to catch up with him and make others take some. For a small class ticket, is it worth it to burn the lights, take the risk of running over pedestrians or two-wheelers to stop a kid who was riding without a helmet? ?”
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