since the Magnanville attack, “our whole life has changed”, confides Matthieu Valet, spokesperson for the Independent Union of Police Commissioners

Magnanville (Yvelines), September 11 of the police? This is the first time in France that police officers were killed at home, outside of their duty. “That changed everything. Today, many police officers have their service weapons on them 24 hours a day, particularly on trains. (…) Before June 13, 2016, the Magnanville attack, we were perhaps carefree, we had a life like any other. Since then, our whole life has changed.”confides Matthieu Valet, spokesperson for the Independent Union of Police Commissioners.

Caution but not “paranoia”, assures Matthieu Valet

“We turn around, we are careful not to be identified by the thugs we have arrested”, clarifies the police officer. If caution is now required for the police, Matthieu Valet refutes any “paranoia”. Fear affects police officers on the ground, but also administrative agents. Matthieu Valet actually calls for the anonymization of the procedures.