Toulouse: urban rodeos are multiplying, the police promise a strong response and more checks
By Maxence Dourlen
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It’s a phenomenon which is not new, but which seems to be gaining momentum in recent weeks. Ever more dangerous urban rodeos have greatly focused the attention of the police, in particular since the serious accident which occurred in Pontoise (Val-d’Oise) on August 5th. Two children aged 10 and 11 were seriously injured by an 18-year-old motorcycle rider.
The minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin announced Monday, August 8 an intensification of controls throughout France to eradicate the problem. A recipient heard at Toulouse.
“I have asked the police and the national gendarmerie for this month of August to intensify these checks and I would like there to be 10,000 checks from today throughout the national territory to fight against these criminal acts of people who smoke the road for their road. »
Several operations in Toulouse
During the first weekend of August, the city’s police forces stepped up operations and checked dozens of vehicles. 13 owners of these vehicles were fined for various reasons and 2 vehicles were immobilized. These interventions are never easy for officials since these urban rodeos tend to be very mobile.
“The authors are constantly on the move… But we have several devices to respond to these issues”, confesses a police source. Since 2018, a law has strengthened the fight against urban rodeos and provides for penalties of up to 5 years in prison for the perpetrators.
Sectors at the heart of tensions
In Toulouse, the action of the police is daily to stem the phenomenon. “These efforts will continue”, we support the side of the services concerned.
The road to Spain is particularly targeted by the police who are constantly intervening, particularly at the level of the Toulouse Oncopole Cancer University Institute. The daily lives of patients would be made very difficult because of this ever-increasing phenomenon.
For their part, the police services, and in particular the central management of Public Security, ensure that everything is done to ensure the tranquility of this area particularly appreciated by crazy drivers…
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