Two French policemen are in trouble after a video emerged of them
apparently "helping" a disabled man by pushing his broken down motorized
wheelchair along a road using their police vehicle.
In the video, which was filmed last month, a woman in another car is
left giggling as she films the police vehicle slowly nudging the
electric wheelchair along the road in Leucate, north of Perignan,
south-western France.
Meanwhile, other cars zoom past in both directions.
Senior police officers are taking the matter seriously and have launched disciplinary action against the two officers. A spokesperson for the local police union saying that the actions were not only "unacceptable", but a "discredit to the entire profession". The officers themselves said the man had been willing to get the push, after refusing to get out of the wheelchair when it broke down on the roadside.
But the man's family have stood up for the two officers.
The daughter of the disabled man said that rather than being punished, the officers should be rewarded.
"My father is stubborn, he wouldn't have got off," she added.
"Everything these officers did was for the best, our father is safe and sound, we are totally satisfied."
You can watch the video here.
Senior police officers are taking the matter seriously and have launched disciplinary action against the two officers. A spokesperson for the local police union saying that the actions were not only "unacceptable", but a "discredit to the entire profession". The officers themselves said the man had been willing to get the push, after refusing to get out of the wheelchair when it broke down on the roadside.
But the man's family have stood up for the two officers.
The daughter of the disabled man said that rather than being punished, the officers should be rewarded.
"My father is stubborn, he wouldn't have got off," she added.
"Everything these officers did was for the best, our father is safe and sound, we are totally satisfied."
You can watch the video here.
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