More than 200 municipal police officers gathered this afternoon at Place Masséna to contest the Constitutional Council’s decision to veto several articles of the Global Security law. Symbolically, officers from France’s first Municipal Police laid their handcuffs on the ground.
Among the censored articles of the Global Security law were those allowing the Nice Municipal Police to conduct an experiment to expand their power, as well as the possibility of using drones for security purposes by Municipal Police across France.
For Christian Estrosi, who visited the site in a show of solidarity and support, “this decision by the Constitutional Council discredits the remarkable work of these municipal police officers who, like the gendarmes and municipal police, take risks and are threatened.”
I stood alongside the @PMdeNice officers gathered at Place Massena to protest the Constitutional Council’s veto on the experiment to grant increased powers to municipal police for better protection of our citizens. pic.twitter.com/Kg48SeRqoB
— Christian Estrosi (@cestrosi) May 21, 2021
With @cestrosi, alongside the @PMdeNice, we express our frustration with the obstacles to the protection of police officers. #Nice06 pic.twitter.com/o7VrHvXC4l
— Anthony Borré (@anthony_borre) May 21, 2021
