A police officer from the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) was found dead this Thursday, January 23, in the parking lot of his workplace in Levallois-Perret in Hauts-de-Seine. This would be the second suicide in two days.
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– The headquarters of the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) in Levallois-Perret.
Investigations into the causes of death are still ongoing. But according to information from Parisianan agent of the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) was found dead around 9 a.m., according to the prosecution. He would probably have ended his life in the parking lot of the premises located in Levallois-Perret in Hauts-de-Seine. According to a source close to the matter, the internal security agent, who would be a driverallegedly used a firearm.
-According to information from Parisianfirefighters arrived on the scene before the police intervened. The judicial authorities then allegedly asked the officials of the territorial management to leave the premises. L’«inspection interne» of the DGSI security service would have been mobilized initially.
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53 police officers and gendarmes committed suicide in 2024
If this tragedy is of concern, it is because another suicide was noted two days ago within internal security. This time, an agent ended his life at his home from Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine) by shooting himself in the head. According to the public prosecutor, an investigation was entrusted to the IGSI. The man allegedly committed suicide due to difficulties in his personal life. According to France 3 Paris-Île-de-France, which cites the latest figures from the Ministry of the Interior, 27 police officers and 26 gendarmes committed suicide in 2024.
