Overview
- The border police brigadier-chef was found on January 10 around 14:45 in the toilets of the Police aux Frontières premises at Gare du Nord in Paris.
- Two colleagues, alerted by a phone ringing without answer, forced the door and discovered the body, with his service weapon on the floor, the prosecutor’s office said.
- The officer was on leave and not expected to be in the facility, according to a police source cited by media.
- Media reports describe the death as a probable suicide, and authorities have not issued a final determination as the inquiry continues.
- Interior Ministry data show 27 police officers and 26 gendarmes died by suicide in 2024, with a DGSI officer’s death reported in December.