faced with dealers and insecurity, the mayor of Rouen calls for police
” The truth must be said. The municipal police make it possible to reduce minor problems such as noise in the street or small altercations. But the real problem is drugs. And the dealers don’t care about the municipal police! ” On France 3 NormandyNicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the PS mayor of Rouen (Seine-Maritime) does not hide his dismay.
For several months, a district of his city, Saint-Sever, has been confronted with rampant insecurity. “In the evening, from 7 p.m., there are 30-35 guys here and the customers are attacked. Not long ago they ripped off chains, wallets and purses. Customers are scared. Me, frankly, I want to sell and leave, ”says a trader on regional television.
“Gérald Darmanin had promised us 60 police officers, they still haven’t arrived”
If a municipal police team criss-crosses the streets, “the subject is to have judicial and national police resources”, claims Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, “Gérald Darmanin had promised us 60 national police officers before the end of the first semester. They still haven’t arrived.”.
The police unions are in despair and repeat that there is an emergency, because delinquency has taken hold, and the emergency police brigades, those which respond to emergency calls on the 17th, are clearly in distress.
Karim Bennacer, departmental secretary of the National Police Alliance union affirms, in West Trendthat since 2018, the Departmental Directorate of Public Security has lost “nearly 300 staff who have not been replaced”.