French transport security granted enhanced powers to combat crime and aggression in public transit.
Authorities have officially conferred supplementary investigative authority on railway police forces of the SNCF, RATP, RER, TGV InOui, Transports Paris Île-de-France (ÎdeF), Grand Lyon Mobilités, Transport de Marseille Provence Métropole, Régie des transports d'Alsace-Moselle and Réseau Express métropolitain. This new mandate allows officers to conduct searches of bags without prior suspicion or warrants in response to recent violent incidents involving thefts and assaults on passengers across the national rail network.
Key Points
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1French railway and public transport security staff have been granted enhanced powers by authorities.
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2These new 'supplementary powers' allow agents to conduct searches, seize weapons, perform pat-downs in response to aggression or theft cases.
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Enhanced powers for security staff have been granted by authorities.
— [Mar 30, 17:02] Transport: enhanced powers for security staff granted by authorities'Supplementary' power has now also been given to the SNCF and RATP agents of safety in order to carry out searches on passengers as well as seize weapons found during these operations.
— [Mar 30, 14:22] Fouilles, saisies d'armes : des 'pouvoirs supplémentaires'accordés aux agent de se curitéde la SNCF et dela RATP'Supplementary powers have been granted to the railway police in order combat violence within transport.
— [Mar 30, 17:52] Transports. Agressions,vols,fouilles : les polices ferroviaires ont des 'pouvoir supple mentaires'