The police authorities are deploying all their efforts to combat vehicle theft, a scourge which is claiming more and more victims; last week, suspected thieves even drove towards police officers in a stolen vehicle.
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According to former organized crime investigator Roger Ferland, we are currently witnessing “direct acts of violence against the police.”
“Individuals have very few scruples. They commit their crimes, and they expect to have very little impunity, and that is why they are even ready to use their vehicle as an offensive weapon,” the ex-investigator explained in an interview with LCN.
This situation creates additional tension for the police, who can rightly feel targeted by the increase in violence.
The former investigator deplores that the work of the police is made even more difficult by the current social context, which according to him tends to strongly criticize any police intervention.
“We sincerely feel that there is a sword of Damocles above any intervention. We can always go back later, a committee which evaluates automobile pursuits will always be able to look again at all the situations…”, he exemplifies.
Mr. Ferland recalls in this regard that police officers must make extremely difficult decisions in the heat of the moment.
According to him, there may be a certain discontent among the police at present.
“The police are well trained, but I feel that at the moment, we are not supporting them firmly enough, and that is what is causing this tension that we are having at the moment. The criminals, I think, are the only ones who have the advantage of the situation and who benefit from it,” laments the ex-investigator.
“It’s happening so quickly, and the social pressure at the moment is so great, that I wonder if at the moment, we’re not putting too much on the shoulders of the police,” he continues, adding that They should be trusted and the courts should support them more.
To find out Roger Ferland’s full opinion, listen to his interview in the video at the beginning of the article.
