the director of police receives trade unions and associations on Thursday and Friday

Frédéric Veaux, the director general of the police receives unions and associations Thursday and Friday afternoon after several suicides in the ranks of the police since the beginning of the year 2022, according to information from franceinfo Tuesday January 18. Seven police officers have ended their lives since the beginning of January.

The director general of the police will therefore receive the trade unions on Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon the various associations which come to the aid of the police. This Tuesday alone, there were two additional police suicides in Lille and Strasbourg, Linda Kebab, national delegate for the SGP FO Unit, said on Twitter.

2 police officers, assigned to Lille and Strasbourg, committed suicide this morning. 7 police officers have committed suicide since the beginning of the month.
But our employer…: https://t.co/mgL8s1VOiH

—Linda Kebbab (@LindaKebbab) January 18, 2022

According to Linda Kebab, the national police “always ignores our proposals to help our colleagues get out of the funnel of psychic pain”. For her, “the factors of suffering are ignored even and especially when they are professional. Whistleblowers and harassed police officers who are victims of systemic omerta are sanctioned”, she regrets.

“The procedures are long and tedious to recognize the deviations of a system whose warning and prevention tools are too weak”, adds Grégory Joron, Secretary General Unit SGP POLICE, “Neither fatality nor resignation. Humans must be at the heart of the debate”, he insists on his Twitter account.

If you need help, if you are worried or if you are confronted with the suicide of a member of your entourage, you can reach 3114 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Suicide listening line can also be reached on 01 45 39 40 00. Other information is also available on the website of the Ministry of Solidarity and Health.