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| French police unions outraged over lunchtime alcohol ban |
| 2011-04-22 |
| France's police unions have expressed outrage over an official decree that suggested Compagnies R‚publicaines de S‚curit‚, or CRS officers, would no longer be served wine or beer with their meals. As of now, it has been a tradition to serve a glass of wine or beer to these officers, even while on duty, The Guardian reports. However, authorities were angered by pictures published on the website in October last year, which showed police drinking beer from cans on the sidelines of a sixth-formers' street-protest against pension reforms in Perreux-sur-Marne, north of Paris. The website claimed these uniformed officers telling locals that it was very dangerous to go outside during the high-school demo before stopping for beer on a street. Paul Le Guennec, of the biggest riot police union, Unit‚ Police SGP-FO, said the French public were not shocked at the notion of a CRS officer drinking at lunch. "Does the fact that having a glass of wine while eating prevent any kind of worker from carrying out their job? I don't think the chief of police drinks water when he's having a meal," Le Guennec told the paper Le JDD. The Union insisted that having a small drink with wine is not against the French labour law. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #3 I remember when "no more than two beers at lunch" was standard policy. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2011-04-22 19:01 |
| #2 Ok, high schoolers protesting pension reform, likely not at lunch or else they would be at lunch, police clear the street and secure public in buildings because it is dangerous then stand around drinking beer. I heard dwi was a big time no-no in France, how does that work out? "Do you know why I pulled you over?" "Because...you have been drinking?" "Thats right monseur. It is my state issued labour relation right to have a drink while on duty. Now step out of the Citroen." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-04-22 18:31 |
| #1 Okay, on this one I side with the police. It is their culture, wine is everywhere there, and it renders something very french antiseptic. Creeping nannyism. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2011-04-22 10:50 |