His intrusion, which went completely unnoticed on Sunday, could have turned into a tragedy. A 22-year-old young man who came out of the Auvare barracks, a police station in the east of Nice, dressed as a policeman and armed, after having visited several offices without being worried, gave himself up to the police on the following day. Fortunately without having made use of the stolen panoply. Judged in immediate appearance, he was sentenced to six months of electronic bracelet and another six months of suspended prison sentence.
But it is another investigation which should now start. Mainly to find out how this incursion was made possible. Was there a fault? The IGPN, the general inspectorate of the national police, “has been seized”, announced to 20 minutes the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP) of the Alpes-Maritimes.
Two magazines full of ammunition
“He entered a little before 8 p.m. and stayed 45 minutes on site” where he visited the premises of the judicial police and public security, describes Frédéric Pizzini, the boss of the DDSP 06, interviewed by France 3 Cote d’Azur. The route of the intruder could be traced a posteriori through video surveillance.
In police uniform, bulletproof vest included, the 22-year-old young man then left the barracks, whose dilapidation is regularly denounced, with a disturbing loot in his backpack. In addition to a pair of handcuffs, “he stole a collector’s weapon which had been deposited by an individual [lors de l’opération nationale d’abandon simplifié des armes à l’Etat], as well as two administrative chargers found in a drawer, where they should not have been”, also specified the director. None of these elements were reported, the father of the individual would have thrown them in a trash can.
He “wanted to go to jail”
During his trial on Wednesday evening, the undesirable, depressive, in the grip of “a deep malaise” according to his lawyer, explained that he “wanted to go to prison”, reported Nice morningwho revealed the information. He also explained that he was able to get inside the compound simply by sneaking behind a car. According to the daily, the anti-terrorist services have verified that this individual, a resident of the sensitive Moulins district, could not have had other plans in mind by stealing a weapon. RAS on that side.
But what would have happened with an intruder of a much more disturbing profile? The case, taken very seriously, went up to the director general of the national police, who asked for the opening of an investigation. Pending his conclusions, the departmental director of public security assured France 3 Côte d’Azur that “written instructions have been passed to recall the rules for monitoring the guard post and the conservation of weapons”.