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A chapter of a 12-page note sent on July 1 to all Toulouse municipal police is disputed internally. Officials regret the magical lexical field imposed on all field agents during radio communications.
Who is Merlin 31? This is a question that municipal police have been asking themselves in recent days and it has no connection with the famous magician… In a note sent to all civil servants on July 1, the boss of the municipal police sets new principles of radio communications. To contact the PC Radio, you must now give the code Château 31, the PC CIC is transformed into Dungeon 31 and the head of the room becomes Merlin 31.
This code name does not give him any superpowers, ironically one of the agents. When we use the radio, we are often in an emergency situation. You have to understand each other quickly. However, with these new nicknames, many colleagues get lost in the instructions, testifies anonymously an official of the town hall of Toulouse.
Since the release of these directives, hilarity and dismay have combined in our ranks and dragged our colleagues towards some shameful jubilation. Soon, we will hear these kinds of sentences on the radio: let the faithful steeds be diligent, the knights of the Capitol must heal the pocket, imagines Yannick Cheveau, the national president of the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC) .
At the antipodes of the violence observed by our agents
Those who intervene daily in the field and are confronted with increasingly violent scenes point to a direction that is too far from the field. This new lexical field is at the antipodes of the missions fulfilled by the agents. It’s not funny. I wonder how they could have had such an idea? asks a doubtful municipal police officer.
This question, La Dépêche du Midi asked the town hall of Toulouse. But the municipality has not yet responded. While serious riots are shaking France and not sparing the pink city, it seems urgent to redefine or “frame” the service and the operational chain of command. In the meantime, we urge all colleagues to prioritize their safety and that of their loved ones, continues Yannick Cheveau. This time, the message is clear…
