Victim of the duty

A victim of the duty is an agent of the French, civil servant or assimilated State, having found death in the performance or at the time of the exercise of its duties.

A victim is recognized like “victim of the duty” after the publication of a decree of the President of the French Republic published with the Journal officiel de la R3epublique fran1caise.

Professions concerned

Circumstances

The most frequent cases in the police force must with Road accidents during police controls of the road, race-continuations or to go on the interventions. The exaggerated ones cut off and/or alienated are also the cause of many deaths.

Localization

The Paris region is particularly touched as well as the South-east of France. It is necessary to see there the consequence of great concentrations of population (and thus of police officer) but also a delinquency and a criminality which gallops in the great agglomerations of the South.

Figures

In France, more than one thousand of police officers died in service since Etienne Buffet, inspector killed in service in 1804.

In the Eighties one counted often more than one score of police officers killed per annum. Since ten year the number of victims of the duty drops to be stabilized between 5 and 10 victims per annum. That is with the modernization of the means of protection individual (Bullet-proof jacket) and with an improvement of initial trainings and continuous.

With regard to the National police, the figures and the names of the soldiers died in service are the following:

In 2006,13 deaths in service:

- major Alain CLAVERIE, on January 7th, 2006. Died by drowning in Guyana on the Mana river at the time of the operation anti-gold washing

- major Raphaël Clin, on February 12th, 2006. Mortally wounded with St Martin after being struck by a refusing motorcyclist of obtempérer

- gendarme François WIDMANN, on March 9th, 2006. Mortally wounded after being carried by an avalanche in the Maritime Alps at the time of a exercise

- adjudant Fabrice JARRY, on March 17th, 2006. Died at the time of an traffic accident road in the motor bike in Indre

- gendarme Frédérick FRANCOISE, on March 18th, 2006. Died at the time in an traffic accident road in Guyana at the time of the continuation of a person in escape

- major Erik MECUCCI-MICUCCI, on March 28th, 2006. Died at the time of an traffic accident in the motor bike in the Ille-et-Vilaine, following exceptional conditions weather

- gendarme Jerome BIRAULT, on April 28th, 2006. Died at the time of an traffic accident road in the motor bike in the Dormouse and Expensive following a refusal to give way of another motorist

- major Eric LAMY, on October 8th, 2006. Died at the time of an traffic accident road in the Vendée, at the time of the continuation of a vehicle escaping

- gendarme Maxime VOY, on October 8th, 2006. Died at the time of an traffic accident road in the Vendée, at the time of the continuation of a vehicle escaping

- major Michel DOLO, on November 13rd, 2006. Died following a fall during a monitoring in mountain in Drome

- major Fabien BATISTA, on November 27th, 2006. Died following an explosion with Gas caused by desperate at the time of the intervention of the Gendarmerie in the Rhone

- major Alain VANEL, on December 3rd, 2006. Died in an traffic accident road caused by a third in the Aude

- gendarme associates voluntary Olivier LAURET, on December 13rd, 2006. Died in an traffic accident road in the Gironde

In 2007,4 deaths in service: (current year)

- major Jacques LOURTIES, on January 2nd, 2007. Mortally wounded by a vehicle of which the driver to refuse obtempérer in the Ardennes

- major Frederic MORTAR, on January 19th, 2007. Mortally wounded by bullets at the time of the intervention of the GIGN to challenge exaggerated cut off in the Midday-Pyrenees

- regimental sergeant major Michel JOACHIM, on May 25th, 2007. Died in an traffic accident road in the motor bike in the Hollow one while trying to intercept the author of an penal offense.

- major Norbert Ambrosse, on June 24th, 2007. Mortally wounded by bullets at the time of an intervention on a burgling in the Rhone

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