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The shirt was unbuttoned below the tie knot. Always dressed to the nines, Bernard Petit had received us casually, Tuesday, February 3, for an informal interview with his inseparable chief of staff, Richard Atlan. The meeting lasted ten minutes, he was stretched out over an hour. Finally out of place in this house who did not want him, the first boss 36, quai des Goldsmiths not to be from its ranks was relaxed. The next morning, the bloodhounds of the General Inspectorate of the National Police ran in the same office of “36″ and put a serious halt to a hitherto impeccable career.
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Born October 12, 1955 in Sfax (Tunisia), Bernard Petit has held various prestigious positions within the Central Directorate of Judicial Police (DCPJ ), often in connection with the repression of drug trafficking, his specialty. His expertise is recognized; his undisputed professionalism. This explains his supporters. “This is someone perfectly, I can not imagine it as dishonest” , says a retired police who had under his command. A colleague of 36 struggling to imagine taking the risk of losing everything by educating someone on a current case: “This is not like him. He’s a very cautious by nature. The opposite of excited. “
Also, many are to blame for the fall of Bernard Petit, 59 years old, Richard Atlan, his trusted.
Simple commander appointed Chief Richard Atlan did not hide his close proximity with his “friend” Bernard Petit, liked to tell they were going on holiday together and told “we” when it spoke of the direction of 36. What irritated commissioners prestigious Goldsmiths brigades of the dock. “Bernard Petit, who is very intelligent, has shot itself in the foot by working with him , says another former Police. Everyone I spoke to Richard Atlan. He called himself familiarly Deputy Director and Board members; spoke ill of the previous leadership of the 36 … “
tactlessness, while the arrival of Bernard Petit at the head of the venerable home, sometimes encysted in tradition, has been ill accepted by many. In December 2013, several candidates are agitated to take over the head of the French GP, Christian Lothion retiring. Mr. Petit, while No. 3 DCPJ in charge of the fight against organized crime and financial crime, is in the running.
“Man of networks”
At the same time, the favorite, Christian Flaesch, boss of the dock Goldsmiths, is removed from office by Manuel Valls after an article in the World of 9 December 2013. Celui- it shows that Mr. Flaesch phoned Brice Hortefeux, a former interior minister, to announce that he was to be summoned as a witness in a case related to Nicolas Sarkozy.
In the PJ Paris, many are holding Bernard Petit responsible for the disgrace of Christian Flaesch, a charge that Mr. Petit has always denied. Still, it does not get the coveted central manager of the judicial police, but landed at the head of 36. An article in the Canard chained of December 18, 2013 quotes an investigator from the dock Goldsmiths, whose remarks summarize the state of ambient mind. Bernard Petit is described as “an intriguing” , “a network of man” , “malignant who prepared his move for a long time,” .
Some now analyze this latest quake at 36 Wharf Goldsmiths as the consequences of an undeclared war which engage the various police networks. Without giving any evidence to show that hypothesis
Illustration strong tensions that can lead these different clans. During retirement pot Christian Lothion in the hall of the Ministry of Interior holidays December 18, 2013, a figure of the police and friend Christian Flaesch had whispered to other commissioners labeled sarkozystes: “Bernard Petit, anyway, the skin will be made to it. “
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