Off-duty French police can be armed
Among the measures taken to increase the police’s operational capacity the state of emergency, Prime Minister Manuel Valls added that the government wants to create a structure for radicalized young and will strictly control the return to France of those who have gone for Jihad. «The most important premise of freedom is security «, said the deputy Alain Tourret. «We will be very vigilant. These should be very exceptional and temporary measures.»
Since yesterday the French police can be armed even when they are off duty or on vacation. The General Directorate of the National Police decided this, in response to requests from police unions.
Among the measures taken to increase the police’s operational capacity the state of emergency, Prime Minister Manuel Valls added that the government wants to create a structure for radicalized young and will strictly control the return to France of those who have gone for Jihad. «The most important premise of freedom is security «, said the deputy Alain Tourret. «We will be very vigilant. These should be very exceptional and temporary measures.»
