Keyword: French police

Video showing police officers removing seated demonstrators in Paris has caused outrage on social media in the country.

The third largest police union in France has urged its members to stay at home, except in the case of an emergency.

Local officers said migrants took advantage of bottleneck to board trucks after British restricted traffic entering port, despite French warnings.

Maelys de Araujo not seen since around 3am on Sunday when she was at a party with parents in town of Pont-de-Beauvoisin in the Alps.

Female suicide bomber blows herself up as police target alleged ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud, Salah Abdeslam and a 'ninth' attacker.

A new code of conduct for French police to go into force in April will require them to use 'impeccable courtesy' towards members of the public.

The recent suicide of a policewoman in southern France has highlighted alarm in the profession over the yearly number of officers, especially the young, who take their own lives. Unions claim that many of the around 50 suicides per year are 'workplace accidents', caused by increasing stress on the job and deteriorating professional conditions. The interior ministry thas recognised just one such case. But the tragic event in July may become a landmark case. Louise Fessard reports.