Toulouse: verbalized because she had it on the sidewalk with “Monsieur Propre”
A building caretaker was fined by agents from the city of Toulouse because she was cleaning the sidewalk.
Maria will remember her misadventure a few days ago for a long time. Guardian of the building located at 12 place du Parlement in Toulouse, she cleans, as usual, with plenty of water and with “Monsieur Propre”, the front of the porch of this magnificent 17th century residence, regularly soiled by the drunken urine, and other droppings. It was then that two agents from the Brigade Against Incivility (BCI) arrested him and drew up a report for the appearance of unsanitary liquid. “They told me that it was forbidden because the product was fed directly into the Garonne”, says Maria still spinning. Of Portuguese origin, she has a poor command of the French language, and in shock, profusely apologizes, says that she “did not know”, but nothing helps. Following the intervention of Michel Réglat, his employer, owner of the building and well-known Toulouse boss (he owns several McDonalds in the department, including that of the Capitol), the minutes will finally be cancelled.
The town hall recognizes a misunderstanding
Michel Réglat bears witness to this. “The cleaning of this part of the square is no longer guaranteed since rue de la Fonderie was closed off, after the collapse of a building about a year ago. So, punishing incivility is very good, but we must not be the wrong target, and rather target those who urinate on the public highway after the bars have closed. At 2 a.m. they are legion,” he quips.
Contacted, the town hall recognizes that this is a misunderstanding and specifies that if the BCI agents write reports of findings, only the officer of the public prosecutor’s office can prosecute and propose a fine, on the basis of these findings.
More than 5000 PV last year
Created in 2018, the BCI has 26 agents whose unique missions are the prevention and repression of incivility (throwing cigarette butts, papers, uncollected canine droppings, urination, wild dumping). They patrol in civilian clothes, observe and draw up reports. In 2021, the BCI drew up in particular 2374 PV for illegal deposits and 3101 PV for throwing cigarette butts.