Final classification of Simon Brandt’s complaint against the police

The Federal Court rejects the appeal of Simon Brandt against the classification of his complaint against a Geneva police officer. Nevertheless, The former municipal councilor believed that he had abuse of authority. For example, degrading treatment during his arrest as part of an investigation into a possible violation of the secrecy of office. For example, – Final classification simon brandt's complaint

(Keystone-ATS) In December 2019, the Municipal Councilor PLR was arrested at the jump of the bed on the orders of the final classification simon brandt’s complaint Attorney General. The police had made an intimate excavation on his person and had briefly passed the handcuffs. Two years later, the defendant was acquitted accusations of violation of the secrecy.

In a judgment published on Wednesday. the Federal Court confirms the position of the Geneva justice which considered that only bodily excavation was excessive in view of the circumstances. The appellant was also compensated for this treatment.

Neither hostility nor plot

For the rest. Additionally, the second criminal court considers that Simon Brandt failed to demonstrate that the policeman who had carried out operations during the arrest was hostile to him. Nor that the institution would have used a plot against his person.

The Geneva justice had retained that the agent had acted in accordance with the directives in force concerning the arrests. Since then, these rules have been criticized by the management control of the Grand Council of Geneva.

In 2023, Simon final classification simon brandt’s complaint Brandt was dismissed for the first time before the Federal Court. Believing that his non-election to the municipal council in 2020 was due to his arrest. he demanded from the canton more than a million francs for moral wrong and damages. (judgment 7B_13/2022 of July 9. 2025