the prefect of police of Paris Didier Lallement leaves his functions

From his appointment in full swing of the “yellow vests”, to the fiasco of the Stade de France last May, Didier Lallement will have spent more than three years in this very exposed position. His policing methods and scathing statements have continued to spark controversy, but Didier Lallement was not named for ” be popular “.

The stiff and slender silhouette corseted in the uniform of the prefectural, the sharp face: Didier Lallement almost physically embodies the doctrine of maintaining order which earned him his appointment as head of the Paris police prefecture at the place of Michel Delpuechdeemed too lax in the face of “yellow vests” in March 2019.

Methods deemed brutal…

A doctrine of contact where the forces of order must ” impact » the demonstrators and where the use of the trap system to lock them up is systematized.

The “yellow vests” are the first to pay the price, but the controversies follow one another: violent repression of feminist activists, muscular evacuation of a migrant camp, demonstrators blinded or mutilated… Its management is considered brutal and legally dubious, to internal.

…to criticized verbal outings

The verbal outings of the prefect Lallement also go badly. From this “yellow vest” to which he lets go ” we are not on the same side, madam », to Covid-19 patients in intensive care stigmatized as being « those who at the start of confinement did not respect it “: the prefect has a hard time muzzling his word and goes beyond his duty of reserve.

Until Stade de France fiasco, where its crisis management method shows its limits in mondiovision. At 65, it’s retirement time for Didier Lallement: Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin will have maintained his confidence in him until the end.

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