Faced with drug trafficking, the State responds to the mayor of Carpentras
Of course, Violaine Démaret in prison on her phone on Tuesday to join the mayor of Carpentras, Serge Andrieu (DVG). But the prefect of Vaucluse also wanted to respond through the press to the city councilor, who had communicated through this Monday evening. According to Serge Andrieu, “ the situation [du trafic de stupéfiants] keeps getting worse in his town. So he called on all the inhabitants to take up a standard letter to challenge the President of the Republic and ” get more police, more gendarmes but also more magistrates, clerks and court staff to solve this problem “.
A coup de force et de com’ that the State is careful not to comment on the form but which wanted to react on the substance. A press briefing was therefore organized on Wednesday afternoon at the prefecture in Avignon. Proof of the importance of this demining operation, Violaine Démaret was surrounded by the sub-prefect of Carpentras, Bernard Roubil, the departmental director of public security (DDSP), Emmanuel Desjars de Keranrouë, the commissioner of Carpentras, Céline Diot, and the head of the judicial police (PJ) of Avignon, Jérémie Bosse-Platière. Let’s end the suspense, ” no reinforcements are expected “, announces the prefect of Vaucluse, even if requests are regularly made. If in five years, 15 police officers have been assigned to the Carpentras police station to bring them to 97, “ the workforce does not only look at each other from Carpentras », Specifies Violaine Démaret, citing regular reinforcements from Avignon or CRS units. The prefect confirms the budgeted installation of 15 new video surveillance cameras, mentioned by the mayor in his missive.
“Making consumers feel guilty”
The DDSP refers to him ” the beautiful catches “weapons and narcotics” which have doubled since the beginning of the year “. The head of the PJ speaks » in-depth actions in progress, not immediately visible. And which will bear fruit, according to him, considering that the same efforts are made as in Cavaillon or Avignon ” which is experiencing a lull today “. In Carpentras, the neighborhoods of Pous du Plan or Amandiers were the scene of intense violence. ” No one disputes the fact that it is appalling for the inhabitants, but it is the consumers who should be blamed and not the inhabitantsadvocates Violaine Demaret. Smoking a joint is fun for some, but a hassle for others. “Around fifty criminal lump sum fines have been imposed in Carpentras since the start of the year, 22 more than last year.