Provisional suspension of a gendarme upheld

ACOM/17/1998Cour de justice / Verwaltungskammer30.01.1998Dismissed

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A gendarme accused of rape challenged his provisional suspension and the suspension of his salary. The State Council considered that the public interest in preserving trust in a police officer clearly outweighed the officer’s private interest in immediate reinstatement. It further held that no irreparable harm resulted from the salary suspension because the officer was authorized to perform outside work. The measure was therefore maintained.

Omnilex-Regeste

LPOL.39; provisional suspension of a police officer accused of serious misconduct; proportionality and irreparable harm. The decisive factor is the breakdown of the trust relationship inherent in the office, especially where the duties of a gendarme require particular credibility and discipline. In assessing proportionality, the public interest in preserving confidence in the police may outweigh the individual interest in remaining in service. A salary suspension does not establish irreparable prejudice where the authority authorizes gainful activity outside the service, so that the financial consequences remain mitigated.

Gesamter Gesetzestext

Descripteurs

FONCTIONNAIRE ET EMPLOYE; DEVOIR DE FONCTION; ENQUETE ADMINISTRATIVE; PLAINTE PENALE; POLICE; PROPORTIONNALITE; SUPPRESSION DE TRAITEMENT; SALAIRE; CRPP

Normes

LPOL.39

Résumé

Suspension provisoire d'un gendarme accusé de viol pour violation des ordres de service et des devoirs des policiers. L'intérêt du public à avoir affaire à un gendarme digne de la confiance placée en lui par l'autorité qu'il est censé incarner est reconnu comme largement supérieur à son intérêt privé à la levée d'une telle mesure. Ainsi, le Conseil d'Etat était fondé à estimer que le lien de confiance devant exister avec tout fonctionnaire était rompu. La suspension de son traitement ne saurait lui causer un préjudice irréparable, le Conseil d'Etat l'ayant autorisé à exercer une activité étrangère au service.

Schlagwörter

proportionalitypublic servicepolicesuspensiontrust relationshipsalary suspensionadministrative investigationcriminal complaint

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Kernrechtsfrage

Whether the provisional suspension of the gendarme was proportionate and lawful despite the criminal complaint and alleged breach of service duties.

Extrahierter Entscheid

The suspension was justified because the public interest in maintaining confidence in the police and in the official's integrity outweighed his private interest in remaining in office.

Extrahierte Begründung

The court accepted that the trust relationship required of any public servant was broken. In light of the seriousness of the accusation and the duty-bound role of a gendarme, the authority could lawfully impose a provisional suspension.

Kernrechtsfrage

Whether the suspension of salary caused an irreparable prejudice justifying lifting the measure.

Extrahierter Entscheid

No irreparable prejudice was shown, since the authority had authorized the gendarme to undertake outside employment.

Extrahierte Begründung

Because the appellant was allowed to work outside the service, the loss of salary did not establish the kind of irreparable harm required to overturn the measure.

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