Peacekeepers in uniform, plainclothes police officers from the Bac (anti-crime brigade), bikers from the Brav (Brigades for the repression of violent motorized action), divers from the River Brigade, mobile gendarmes, security company, Guard Republican ... For this New Year's Eve party, marred by an unprecedented curfew implemented as part of the state of health emergency linked to the fight against Covid-19, Paris will be crisscrossed from north to south by all the police and gendarmerie.
In the streets, at the bottom of buildings, they will be there to track down underground parties.
"Particularly in the red light districts of northeastern Paris," said a police commissioner.
They had distinguished themselves on the previous New Year's Eve "by mortar fire, urban violence, ambushes with the police", describes this policeman.
The Seine will also be under surveillance.
The frogmen of the River Brigade will indeed patrol.
As for the Champs-Elysées, they will not be left to chance ...
A call for a rally at 10 p.m. on the Champs
Regarding the most beautiful avenue in the world, a document that we were able to consult attests to a call on social networks for a rally at 10 pm entitled "Yellow fever".
He was spotted by the intelligence services.
“We will have more missions than last year,” summarizes Grégory Goupil.
The Ile-de-France deputy national secretary of the Alliance Police Nationale union also details “a great deal of prevention and education work” ahead of New Year's Eve.
Across the capital, “we have controlled access to the roofs of housing estates with social landlords.
We tracked down unscrupulous grocers for the sale of alcohol, fireworks or mortars traded under the cloak.
We put in the loop the pounds which came to look for the wrecked cars which could be the targets of arson… ”
A harsh roadmap
For his part, the Paris prosecutor established a sort of roadmap for the police, which we were able to consult.
And which details the procedures, the fines of 135 euros for nighttime noise under certain conditions.
“With individuals, we will be benevolent, procrastinates Grégory Goupil.
The French, in small groups, respectful of the rules, have the right to party.
"The prosecution also invites officials to track down big parties, illegal and" lucrative "bars, hidden work with possible servers," endangering the lives of others "...
"We will try to cope", summarizes Grégory Goupil, who highlights the fatigue of the police, "disillusioned at the end of the year by the announcements of the President".
“We do not control everything!
We are in an unprecedented context of curfew.
We fear urban violence.
But we are mobilized.
And we will respond present to secure the population.
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