“
We clearly need additional resources.
In terms of the police, and in terms of justice
”, launched the mayor of Nantes during a press conference this Friday, September 30.
Before her meeting with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin scheduled for Tuesday, elected socialist Johanna Rolland listed several demands to fight against the glaring insecurity raging in her city.
For a few weeks, even a few months, acts of violence have intensified in the City of the Dukes.
Just last week, a body was found charred in Saint-Herblain, a student was targeted by ten shots and a 40-year-old woman was raped in the middle of the street.
On Friday, the socialist mayor, alongside the main representatives of Nantes trade, first asked for a mobile force made up of 80 additional agents, which would be long-term: "
In our opinion, it should be assigned to Nantes and not not find themselves sent elsewhere for legitimate reasons but who are no longer available
," she said.
It also requested a continuous presence at night in the downtown districts, in addition to the national forces.
Finally, she requested the provision of the municipal police: "
Our wish is that there is a maximum presence from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., in particular in Bouffay, Feydeau and Commerce
", he said. she adds.
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At the microphone of France Bleu, Catherine Quérard, president of the Group of independents in the hotel and catering industry (GNI Grand Ouest) goes even further: “
The criminal response is not always appropriate.
We have police officers who are exhausted doing their job and behind the criminal response is not made.
Sometimes the aggressors even find themselves out of court faster than the police themselves.
Nantes received 600,000 tourists this summer, welcomed 500 new businesses in 18 months and has the lowest commercial vacancy rate in all of France, argues the mayor in defense of his city.
Flavie Paragot, general delegate of the UMIH 4, fears for her part a drop in attendance because of the media coverage of this insecurity.
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If general delinquency has decreased in the sixth city of France between 2019 and 2022, attacks on physical integrity have increased by almost 7%, according to the Loire-Atlantique prefecture interviewed by BFMTV.
A demonstration is organized this Saturday, October 1 by the association S2N, Sécurité Nocturne Nantes.
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