Following the results of the internal investigation, the Jemeppe police drafted a disciplinary file which was then sent to the president of the Jemeppe monocommunal police zone. Initially, the police officer was suspended from his duties while a complaint was filed with the Namur public prosecutor’s office. Last October, the mayor and president of the zone, Pierre Collard-Bovy, took the heaviest sanction against the representative of the police: dismissal.
Extinction of public action
At the same time, the public prosecutor opened an investigation against the police officer for non-compliance with the processing of personal data and use of personal information for purposes other than the exercise of his legal and regulatory missions. its legal authorizations. Prosecutions immediately abandoned since the public prosecutor offered him a plea bargain which he accepted. An agreement which allows the Jemeppe police officer not to be prosecuted, as confirmed by the Namur public prosecutor’s office. “The penal transaction may be proposed by the public prosecutor to a person prosecuted for an offense. It consists of asking the suspect to pay a sum of money to avoid legal proceedings and a judgment. A penal transaction is not a conviction When it is accepted and the fixed amount is paid under the conditions previously defined, the prosecution notes the extinction of the public action. Consequently, the criminal transaction does not appear in the criminal record. the penal transaction does not imply recognition of the facts. Payment of the agreed sum does not constitute recognition of criminal liability. The main objective is to terminate public action without judgment on the merits of the facts. The prosecution adds that the victims were not informed that a police officer had illegally consulted their file.
