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Istres Officer Filmed Delivering Mayor’s Campaign Leaflets in Uniform Prompts Official Review

Officials are examining potential neutrality violations tied to the filmed use of a city vehicle for campaign material.

Le tribunal administratif examine si des irrégularités ont pu altérer la sincérité du scrutin (usage de moyens publics, financement irrégulier, manquement à l'égalité entre candidats, etc.).
Un policier municipal tractant sur Entressen pour François Bernardini, candidat à sa réélection à Istres.

Overview

  • Home intercom footage from Entressen shows a municipal police officer in uniform placing flyers for incumbent François Bernardini into mailboxes.
  • The video depicts the officer arriving in a Ville d’Istres–marked vehicle and repeating the leaflet drop along the route through the Mas area.
  • The Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture says it is reviewing the case, and it has not been established whether the officer acted under instruction or on personal initiative.
  • Public-service neutrality rules bar using official status or municipal resources for partisan activity, with potential penalties up to dismissal, according to a police union official and a labor-law attorney.
  • Legal experts say proof of instruction or tolerance by municipal authorities could lead to rejection of campaign accounts or annulment of the election, while the city and the mayor’s office have not commented.