The incident took place this Wednesday, around 5pm, during a road check in the town of Chesnay, in the Yvelines. According to our information, a 50-year-old municipal police officer was violently hit by a black Peugeot 208 vehicle, which was speeding.
The precise circumstances of the incident remain unclear. However, a police source contacted by the JDD indicates that it was a refusal to comply with the check. The vehicle involved, a stolen car, hit the officer before fleeing.
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The perpetrator of this act, of “African type”, as reported by a police source, was finally intercepted at 5:50 p.m., in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, on the ring road, by a security and intervention company (CSI). The police officer, whose life is not in danger, was taken into care as a relative emergency and transported to the André Mignot hospital, in Chesnay. As for the suspect, he was taken into custody and will be questioned in the coming hours by investigators, in order to shed light on the motivations behind this act.
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These tragic events are not isolated. In August 2024, a police officer was killed after being hit on the A8 motorway by a driver who refused to comply. The suspect, already known for several offences, was arrested shortly after the tragedy. A few weeks later, another refusal to comply cost the life of a man on a scooter, hit by a hit-and-run driver in Rosny-sous-Bois. These fatal incidents illustrate a worrying increase in refusals to comply, which endanger not only the police, but also citizens.
In recent years, refusals to comply have increased in France, raising concerns among law enforcement officers. In 2023, more than 25,000 such incidents were recorded, a significant increase compared to previous years. This phenomenon, often associated with risky behavior, endangers not only police officers but also road users. The government has announced that it wants to toughen penalties for perpetrators of these offenses in order to combat this worrying increase.
