Gérald Darmanin announces a bonus of up to 1,900 euros for mobilized police officers

The Minister of the Interior also guarantees 15 days of leave this summer to each agent outside the period between July 24 and August 11.

The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announced Tuesday, January 30, in a letter addressed to the personnel of the national police that franceinfo consulted, the establishment of a “specific bonus” for the agents mobilized in the preparation or execution of the Paris Olympic Games next summer, while the police unions have been demanding financial compensation for their mobilization for several weeks. “A specific bonus will be paid to agents from across the ministry involved in the preparation or running of the games”writes Gérald Darmanin.

Three bonus levels will be put in place, according to the minister: a bonus of 1,000 euros “for staff who will have limited their leave period during the Games”a bonus of 1,600 euros “for agents assigned to a department which hosts an Olympic event” and a bonus of 1,900 euros “for officers assigned to the territorial police services of Île-de-France and the police headquarters”.

Additional help with childcare

The minister also confirmed that apart from the period between July 24 and August 11, “the mobilization will be organized in order to authorize two weeks of leave, i.e. ten working days at least for each agent between the 15th June and 15 september. I will call on department heads to pay particular attention to personal constraints, particularly for those who experience life accidents within their families.”, he adds. Finally, note among these numerous announcements, “the doubling of the CESU universal service employment check for childcare”which will be accessible without resource ceiling “for parents of children under twelve years of age up to 200 euros per child”.

Several hundred police officers demonstrated in mid-January throughout France, at the call of a group of unions led by Alliance and Unsa-Police, to demand financial compensation for their mobilization during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this summer. . This “Black Thursday”according to the organizers, took various forms: distribution of leaflets as in Bordeaux, minimum activity in police stations, work-to-rule strike in airports or even mid-day rallies in front of numerous police stations in the country.