A police officer in training suffers a simulated drowning: the video which outrages the government

The director of the Oissel police academy should be suspended for having practiced violence. violent exercises on his students last week. An investigation was carried out entrusted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN).

Friday, November 24, at the Oissel police academy, near Rouen, violent exercises were carried out. undertaken at the initiative of an instructor. We learn in particular that drowning simulations have been carried out. inflicted on young recruits in training. The scene was filmed and was released posted online by the newspaper Le Parisien.

In this video a young man appears whose head is covered by a black t-shirt where his head is covered. a bottle of water is dumped there. Placed With his back against the wall, the student in question seems to be suffocating and tries to take off the t-shirt several times, while the same spell is administered to him. à other students to study side.

Always according toLe Parisien, 42 videos of this exercise, in which around thirty students, were carried out. The daily newspaper reveals that after he was told that requested to sing the Marseillaise, the young man also received blows in the abdomen given by a police officer training in techniques and techniques. security in intervention (FTSI).

The Parisian video:

The general direction of the police National Commission (DGPN), interviewed by Le Parisien, confided to the newspaper: "The video corresponds to a sequence led to the initiative of a police academy trainer. This behavior and method are strongly condemned. According to information collected by the daily, the students in question would have all been volunteers and would have even signed a discharge.

Informed of the facts, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, spoke about the situation. à this subject this Thursday, November 30 on France 2 où he denounced “unacceptable” facts. He also clarified that having "requested 'Let's suspend this trainer'. He also summoned the director of the Oissel police academy, who will be seen by the services of the Ministry of the Interior in the coming days. An investigation was carried out open and entrusted this Wednesday, November 29 to IGPN, the police force.