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Mayors of the metropolis of Rouen denounce the lack of police

2022-07-07T14:05:43.247Z


“The promises are not kept”: around twenty mayors and deputy mayors of the metropolis of Rouen denounced Thursday, July 7, during a...


The promises are not kept

”: around twenty mayors and deputy mayors of the metropolis of Rouen denounced Thursday, July 7, during a press conference in front of the Rouen police station, the lack of police personnel in the Norman capital .

We are being taken by boat

”, launched the socialist mayor of Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, who spoke alongside his counterparts from Elbeuf, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Maromme, Grand-Couronne and Petit-Quevilly.

"

Gérald Darmanin announced to us the arrival of 60 additional positions net of retirements, reclassification, etc... before the end of the 1st half of 2022. We are in July, these staff are still not there

", a- he added, regretting "

broken promises

" on the part of the government.

An announcement that the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin had sent to Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol in a letter dated October 19, 2021, which an AFP correspondent was able to consult.

"

In other cities the workforce has arrived

"

The Alliance union confirmed this lack of police officers, evaluating it at 200 for the Rouen-Elbeuf police district, comprising 33 municipalities in the metropolis.

There are 20 school leavers arriving in early August.

But we are still far from the mark

, ”said Karim Bennacer, secretary of the police union in Seine-Maritime.

"

The promise of 60 net additional staff should be kept at the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023. However, there is a total shortage of 117 police officers compared to the staff of the Rouen-Elbeuf police zone recorded in 2007

", specified Frédéric Desguerre, national secretary delegate west zone of the SGP police unit union.

In other cities, Le Havre and Vernon, the workforce has arrived.

I cannot believe that it would be linked to the political etiquette of elected officials, it would be terribly contrary to the general interest

”, quipped the PS mayor of Rouen, in particular with reference to the mayor of Le Havre, Edouard Philippe, member of the presidential majority.

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Denouncing "

the hypocrisy of the mayor of Rouen

", the Renaissance deputy of Seine-Maritime Damien Adam on the contrary assured on Twitter that the 60 police officers "

additional are indeed arriving

" by the end of the year.

Noting an “

increase of 115 operational staff

” over the five-year term, the deputy for Rouen said he was “

particularly proud of our concrete and effective action to fight against all forms of insecurity

”.

Source: lefigaro

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