https://archive.is/IY80B#selection-635.0-635.92 SECURITY FOR OUR LAWFORCE AND OUR CITIZENS - THERE IS NO FREEDOMS WITHOUT SECURITY Author (s): GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF CITIZENS AND SANCTUARIZE THE PROTECTION OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS By this author Recipient (s): Jean Castex (Prime Minister) Emmanuel Macron (President of the Republic) Senate The petition News) Mr. President of the Republic, Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Government, Ladies and Gentlemen Parliamentarians Aware of your constitutional prerogatives and your obligations, we solemnly ask you to do everything possible to put an end to the extremely serious situation that France is going through in matters of security and public tranquility. Today the authority of the state is undermined by violent minorities. The laws are no longer applied in the lost territories of the Republic. However, the police and gendarmes are the peacekeepers and protectors of our institutions. They are the keystone of all our freedoms. Without security, there are no freedoms. The multiplication of attacks and violent attacks directed against our guardians of the public peace demonstrate a rejection of our republican values, our customs and our model of society in entire sections of our nation. The savage murder in Avignon of one of our police officers who guard the peace is the tragic illustration of this. Open-force attacks on police stations by hordes of armed and hooded individuals spread across our territory with impunity, violence against individuals spread even into the privacy of family residences and the only response to these crimes against law enforcement resides in compassionate incantations which have no effect on the daily life of the French. As one Minister of the Interior pointed out when he left his post, the country has fragmented into enclaves where we once lived side by side and where we now live face to face. A face to face which nourishes communitarianism and threatens civil peace. Like the two loosely murdered public servants recently, we have helped relentlessly fight crime and restore law and order for decades. The Minister of the Interior declared in Avignon that the police had to wage a merciless "war" against drug and arms traffickers, and that the police were "soldiers". Certainly, but unarmed soldiers are mere targets. That is why it is necessary to rearm them materially, morally and legally to enable them to carry out their missions without risking their lives on every street corner. The police are now up against the hostility of a part of the population and some misguided politicians, they must constantly justify themselves in front of their hierarchy, the magistrates, the prefects and bow before the court of opinion public. It is time to take effective action to reclaim our own country and restore state authority wherever it fails. It is time to ensure that France's values ​​are respected and no longer accept the unacceptable. It is time to react. The police and gendarmes have already paid a heavy price in human lives and irremediable injuries: fear must change sides. The families of police officers and gendarmes must be protected and police officers must regain their pride in exercising the noblest profession there is: that of protecting and defending citizens. The penal response must be adapted in such a way that the sentences are actually carried out and up to the crimes committed. The emergency also requires controlling illegal immigration which plagues many neighborhoods and contributes to fuel disorder and delinquency. Anarchy is everywhere when the responsibility is nowhere. France must not fall into chaos. The French police cannot tolerate the armed forces replacing them tomorrow to avoid a civil war. We hope that our call for a national leap will be heard by the public authorities and we join our voices to those of our military comrades who spoke first. The challenges ahead are crucial. We are determined to help our working colleagues cope and recover their lost consideration. List of 93 honorary retired police officers who signed Controller General Alain Deschamps Commissioner General Éric Battesti Divisional Commissioner Claude Dupont Divisional Commissioner Gérard De Fabritus Divisional Commissioner Gilles Le Cam Divisional Commissioner Joël Balaud Principal Commissioner Henri Coulon Principal Commissioner Pierre Chassagne Commander Robert Canamas Police Commander Henri Bozetto Police Commander Edmond Marmorato Police Commander Pierre Folacci Police Commander Yves Lamacchia Police Commander Serge Popof Police Commander Christian Heirich Police Commander Lucien Andolfatto Police Commander Jean marc Maury Police Commander Daniel Noël Navarro Police Commander Bernard Balleste Police Commander Bruno Papet Police Commander Jean Marc Blanc Police Commander Michel Trabis Police Commander Serge Craste Police Commander Chantal Dreux Commander Antoine Houspic Police Commander Didier Faureau Commander Patrick Rouviére Commander Serge Francescat Commander Claude Fleurbe Commander Serge Muller Commander Jacques Bes Chief Inspector Division Henri Sabattier Captain Roger Antonelli Captain Christian Battesti Captain Henri Giacomelli Captain Daniel Chaix Captain Paul Farina Police Officer Henri Mazier Administrative Secretary Christine N'Guyen Major Beraudo Leon Major Marie Pierre Dion Major Georges Rasa Major Nelly Antoinette Major Didier Verne Major Robert Paturel Major jean pierre Petit Major Francois Castellani Major André Chopard Major Henri Brousse Major Daniel Fernandez Major Michel Malibat Major Patrick Azzarelli Major Michel Loubiere Major Paul Miniconi Major Michel Bonnaure Major Michel Gentilli Major Michel Guerero Major Gilles Di Rosa Major Francois Candotti Major Jean Luc Chevalier Major Patrick Bonci Major Herve Ribaud Major Jacques Mirabail Major Marius Nieri Major Simon Ferrante Major Marcel Maunier Major Alain Labouz Major Pascal Molina Major Martine Colombo Brigadier Chief Andre Jourdan Brigadier Chef loves Bordes Brigadier Chief Pierre Wenger Brigadier Chief Maurice Pesoli Brigadier Chief Ariane Pothier Brigadier Chief Jean marc Perrin Investigator Michel Lapierre Brigadier Jean Bernard Gaudino Brigadier Gérard Bardi Brigadier Jacques Domps Brigadier Bernard Ferra Brigadier Yves Melquiot Brigadier Christian Salvi Brigadier Roger Lalouette Brigadier Serge Amato Brigadier Rey Gil Under Brigadier Bernard Charpail Under Brigadier Thierry Jacquette Under Brigadier Michel Jacquet Under Brigadier Hubert Bottalico Under Brigadier Patrick Guibal Under Brigadier Yves Fulconis Under Brigadier Claude Camera