In a telegram directed on Monday, May 19, 2025 to the Prefects, and that BFMTV was able to consult, the internal minister Bruno Retilleau makes the refusal to obtain “a threat” and a “danger” for the overvalued public, sometimes it leads to accidents.
“The negatives to be fulfilled constitute a threat to public order and a danger to our police, as well as for third parties. The 25,000 events noted every year sometimes give rise to unacceptable tragedies and, therefore, must be fought by reinforced mobilization,” he said.
Given this observation, the Interior Minister who has just been elected president of the Republicans, decided to adjust the rules in intervention matters. From now on, the prefects will have the instructions to generalize “the continuation of the vehicles fleeing that have been subtracted from precautionary measures to stop.”
The purpose of this instruction is to “harmonize the operational consideration of these crimes throughout the territory,” added Bruno Retailleau in his note.
“I know that I can count on their mobilization, and that of all the services placed under their direction, on the line against the negatives to be fulfilled, which form a real danger to our society, and those that the police are the first exposed,” concluded the Minister of the Interior
24,900 rejections during road controls in 2024
Until now, note 89 adopted by the Central Directorate of Public Security (DCSP) authorized the prosecution careers only for acts of extreme gravity, such as “the flight or escape of a dangerous individual”, or even the “search for a crime of blood.” For other situations, considered less serious, persecution is not mandatory.
Therefore, the decision of the tenant of the Beauvau place will systematically authorize the continuation of the fleeing vehicles. However, since July 2020, an exception was in force in île-de-France, where the persecution of vehicles that refuses to meet can be hired by a police team.
In 2024, internal security forces registered 24,900 crimes of denial to comply with roads. However, its number fell 2% for a year, details the Ministry of Interior. “Near a refusal to comply with the five is considered aggravated: in nine out of ten cases, they endanger other road users.”
This announcement by Bruno Retailleau intervenes the day after a refusal to fulfill Toulon in the VAR. The 36 -year -old man wounded three brigade crimes (BAC) agents.
Source: BFM TV
