Over the year 2021, the institution was seized by more than 1,000 legal investigations. In total, 10 officers were shot and killed and 79 were injured.
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An activity comparable to that of past years. The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) was seized of more than 1,000 judicial investigations in 2021, according to its annual report published on Friday July 22. A “stable” figure over three years, with the exception of 2019, marked by investigations linked to the demonstrations of “yellow vests“, details the institution.
The “police of police” recorded 37 deaths during police operations, against 32 the previous year. A total of 10 officers were shot and killed and 79 were injured. According to his count, the police used their firearm 290 times in 2021, a “slight increase2% compared to the previous year. record of use during the movement of “yellow vests” notably.
In detail, just under half (47%) of the 1,093 investigations opened relate to allegations of violence committed by the police. Investigations for suspicion of racist insults “increase slightly“, adds the report. The institution, chaired for the first time by a magistrate, Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, says “to fear“an increase in legal referrals in 2022.