What you need to know about filing a complaint by video, generalized across the whole of France from this Monday

À partir de ce lundi, les victimes de plusieurs infractions, dont les violences et les vols, pourront porter plainte à distance. MAXPPP – Sébastien Birden

In the event of violence, theft, or fraud, victims will now have the possibility of filing a complaint online, without video complaints being mandatory.

No need to travel anymore, from this Monday, February 26, it will be possible to file a complaint online, reveals Le Parisien according to a decree published in the Official Journal.

An experiment generalized throughout France

The videoconference complaints system, tested by nine municipalities in Sarthe and Yvelines last May, will therefore be generalized across the entire territory.

Without being an obligation, the remote complaint can be made in the event of violence, theft or fraud in particular, but not in the case of sexual assault. ;rsquo;also prevents a subsequent hearing by investigators "if the nature or seriousness of the facts justifies it", the decree also details.

Minutes by electronic means

To use this service, victims must identify themselves securely using a defined teleservice, such as France Connect, and can choose an appointment slot and make their statement from their home or "a place where they will not be exposed to the gaze of others", indicates the Ministry of the Interior on its website.

The victim is then informed by the officer or judicial police agent in charge of collecting their statements, before receiving the report by mail. nbsp;electronics. 

Le Parisien recalls that Emmanuel Macron had wanted this system to be implemented in 2021, at the end of 2021. from the Beauveau de la Sécurité. The text arises from the orientation and programming law of the Ministry of the Interior (Lopmi) passed in January 2023 and endowed with 15 billion&# 39;additional euros over five years, half of which dedicated to digital.