An “ultra-proximity” service.
It is with these words that Nicolas Nordman, Anne Hidalgo's security assistant, had unveiled two weeks ago the outlines of the future municipal police of Paris.
The mayor (PS) of the capital wanted to demonstrate this, this Monday morning, during a stroll organized in the streets of the 18th arrondissement alongside the City officials who will partly train the workforce.
Appointment was given on rue du Poteau, near the arrondissement town hall.
There, the one to whom we lend presidential desires first went to meet traders.
Exchanges of good words, smiles, information on neighborhood life ... Anne Hidalgo summed up in a few minutes what will be the first mission of future agents, the first of whom will be deployed from the start of the September: to rub shoulders with the actors of their district of assignment to forge a link with them and pass on information on a daily basis.
Operation seduction
Passing in front of a cafe, Anne Hidalgo expressed her satisfaction at seeing the terraces reopen, and praised the merits of ephemeral installations.
Without missing the opportunity to make the link with the walk of the day: "For the terraces which do not respect the regulations, which make too much noise, we will now have our municipal police to sanction them, even if they will do a lot of teaching. .
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"You are doing a great job", congratulates Anne Hidalgo, during an exchange with mediators from the City of Paris.
Florent Helaine
A few streets further, by the greatest of luck of course, the chosen one meets a team of mediators from the City. They will not become municipal police officers, but they will indeed be part of the 5,000 City security agents - two thirds will be municipal police officers, the other third will be divided between mediators, park and garden agents. “You do a great job,” congratulates them Anne Hidalgo.
This time fortuitous event, Anne Hidalgo is at the same time arrested by an elderly person complaining of security and in particular of the bags torn in her neighborhood. "We are here for that, we will not let go," replied the socialist. Before ending his journey with a rather special road check. There, City agents control the noise coming out of the exhaust pipes of motorized two-wheelers, one of the other major missions of the municipal police. “Thank you for your commitment. You are the main ambassadors of Paris, underlines Anne Hidalgo. This municipal police force will be appreciated by Parisians. "
