Posted on 04/22/2011 3:40:14 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
France's riot police have complained about being "treated like children" following a new ban on drinking alcohol while on duty.
The CRS (Republican Security Companies), which made its name quelling student demonstrators during nationwide disturbances in 1968, has always enjoyed a glass of beer or wine with its meals.
However, following photos of riot police drinking bottles of beer during Paris street protest, police chiefs have decided to put an end to the tradition.
They were wearing body armour and carrying weapons as they sipped from beer and wine bottles. Some were also smoking.
Didier Mangione, national secretary of the police union, said bosses were "trying to turn us into priests, but without the altar wine".
"Nobody should object to a small drink on jobs," he said. "CRS officers do not have any more or less alcohol problems than anybody else in society. They should be allowed to drink in moderation."
.....The CRS, which was formed after the Second World War to "protect" the Republic from internal threats, has always been renowned for employing particularly tough officers.
They are often seen bracing themselves for action on the streets of major cities like Paris, Marseilles and Lyon.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Gracious!
National tradition [excerpt] "....According to French law alcohol is banned while employees are at work - with the exception of "wine, beer, apple cider and pear cider".
That has traditionally been taken to mean that a moderate amount of beer or wine is an entirely acceptable way to punctuate a French working day....."
To the guillotine with them!
Have a few beer’s bang a few heads, sounds like a redneck friday night. Maybe the title of a new Country song?
“Nobody should object to a small drink on jobs,”
I’ve been telling my boss that for years. He...Just...Wont...listen!
:(
"We're not going to surrender on this issue! Vivre de joie!"
What I want to know is: If they begin to riot over this issue who will stop them?
;-)
What I want to know is: If they begin to riot over this issue who will stop them?
;-)
Some were also smoking.I'm trying to imagine the mentality of the person who would add these words to this story.
Uber Moron comes to mind.
Good question. When I visited France, I noted that these guys were bigger and meaner looking than the French conscript soldiers that I saw.
they will have to hire the anarchists to restore order when the riot police go off the graph and start busting the place up
why does monty python come to mind?
Probably because great satire resides painfully close to the truth.
I wonder what kind of wine goes with busting commie heads? A full-bodied red?
“A full-bodied red?”
Yes, blood red.
And when it’s a simple task like duty on a gay parade they probably prefer a Chardonnay.
Sheesh. Even their police are wine snobs.
Nooo, not THAT!
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