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French police commissioner charged over death during Fête de la musique

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:58:20 +0200

French prosecutors have charged a police commissioner with involuntary manslaughter following the death of a man killed when officers tried to shut down a rave concert in the city of Nantes two years ago.

Video emerges of man in flames after being tasered by French police

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 11:49:49 +0100

A video showing a man engulfed in flames after being tasered by French police in Paris has gone viral in France after being published on social media this week.

French government forced to act after new wave of police suicides

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:05:41 +0100

Eight French officers including a high-profile former police chief have committed suicide in just a week sparking renewed concern among the forces of law and order and the government.

Anger among French police grows as Hollande vows talks

Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:51:06 +0200

President François Hollande has vowed to meet police union leaders after a fourth night of unprecedented protests in Paris and across the country.

Disgruntled French police stage protests for third night

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:18:16 +0200

Despite the government’s efforts to calm their anger, French police took to the streets for the third night of unauthorised protests, many demanding the interior minister resign.

Spontaneous French police protests spread amid anger

Wed, 19 Oct 2016 11:14:53 +0200

Beleaguered French police officers held more spontaneous and unauthorized protests in towns and cities across France on Tuesday night as anger grows over their working conditions and the violence the face.

'We fear for our safety': French police feel the strain

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:20:41 +0200

French police appear ready to crack as they're faced with football hooligans, violent protesters and the heightened threat from jihadists, one of whom savagely slaughtered two of their colleagues this week.

French cops drop trousers at British memorial

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:34:58 +0200

Two French policemen who dropped their trousers at a British war memorial have picked up a €1,000 fine each after being found guilty of indecent exposure. It was disrespectful to the dead, prosecutors said.

VIDEO: Cop attacks pensioner in routine stop

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:56:00 +0100

A French pensioner has pressed charges against a policemen, who was captured on amateur video footage repeatedly punching him during a routine road stop in Paris. SEE VIDEO.

French cops tweet photo of murder victim's corpse

Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:59:00 +0100

French cops made a Twitter blunder this week when, in launching an appeal to identify a murder victim, they tweeted out a disturbing photo of the face of a dead man in the hope someone might recognize him. It's not the only recent social media gaffe police have made.

'We can't pay the rent,' plead French police

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:00:00 +0100

The head of France’s Gendarmerie Nationale has made an extraordinary personal plea for funding in the National Assembly, telling MPs his branch of the French police can no longer pay their rent or improve their fleet of vehicles, it was reported this week.

French cops told 'ticket drivers or lose holidays'

Fri, 25 Oct 2013 19:46:00 +0200

A French police commander has ordered his traffic officers to issue three tickets for driving offences every day, or they would miss out on days off over the Christmas period, it was alleged this week.

French cop stabbed to death by naked attacker

Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:45:00 +0200

A French police officer has been left in a state of clinical death after a naked psychiatric outpatient stabbed him through the eye, a prosecutor said on Friday. The officer was responding to calls about screams coming from the suspect's house.

France drops case over 'racist' police violence

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:28:00 +0200

Black community organisations in France slammed the decision by prosecutors on Thursday to drop charges against a police officer caught on video beating a black woman with a baton, and spraying tear gas in her face during an arrest in central France.

French cop 'offers driver clean license for sex'

Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:47:00 +0200

A rogue policeman in France is in trouble with the law after allegedly demanding sexual favours from a young mother in exchange for turning a blind eye to her motoring offences.

France launches online police complaints form

Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:00:00 +0200

France’s “police of the police” made it easier on Monday for civilians to report any cases of the "boys in blue" behaving badly by launching a new online complaints form. The public, however, has been warned that any false reports come with a possible five-year prison sentence.

'He bit me!': New video emerges of violent arrest

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 10:52:00 +0200

New footage has emerged of the minutes that led up to the moment a police officer struck a woman around the head with his baton and sprayed tear gas in her face. The video appears to place doubt on the officer’s claims that he was bitten by the woman. (VIDEO)

Arrests made in France after trafficking bust

Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:13:00 +0200

A human trafficking ring that smuggled Chinese migrants into Europe and the United States has been dismantled and 75 people have been arrested in France and Spain, Spanish police said on Saturday.

French police arrest three more suspected jihadists

Tue, 25 Jun 2013 10:09:00 +0200

French intelligence agents arrested three more suspected terrorists on Tuesday in southern France. Separately on Monday, police near Paris had arrested a suspected six-member cell, believed to be planning to commit "terrorist acts."

French police under fire in new book

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:43:44 +0100

A sociologist's investigation into a French anti-crime squad operating in the suburbs of Paris has raised questions about current police conduct in France.