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Christian Estrosi is not sheriff, Nice not the Far West.
On foot, by bicycle, scooter or motorbike, by car and even through some 4,000 cameras that mesh the city, security is ensured by a panel of relatively modern conveniences made available to the 550 municipal police officers. .
However, as if all this were not enough, an equestrian brigade, created in 2010 on the wishes of the mayor, also participates in maintaining order.
The city councilor was also out on Monday afternoon to visit and inaugurate the new facilities at the equestrian center of the municipal police, to the west of Nice, a stone's throw from the Parc de l'Éco-vallée.
Although he had not put on boots or a dust jacket for the occasion, the city's chief magistrate was still very affectionate towards the equines - wisely installed in their boxes - through a caress, a little pat or a manly word.
If he had not put on boots or a dust jacket for the occasion, Christian Estrosi was still very affectionate towards the horses.
Nicolas Daguin / Le Figaro
The equestrian centre, which has housed this brigade since its creation, has recently undergone development and renovation work to compensate for the lack of space given the development of the brigade from year to year.
In fact, the crew was initially made up of four horses and as many agents.
Today there are 14 men and women riding six horses, making the Nice equestrian brigade the largest in France for a municipal police force.
It now has 10 new boxes, six of which are dedicated to horses and four for the storage of food and fodder, an animal care and grooming room, a tack room and a fully equipped laundry room, changing rooms for officers, a common room and a command office.
Having an equestrian brigade is not folklore, it is on the contrary an essential element for civil peace and republican order.
Christian Estrosi, mayor of Nice
What to ensure in the best possible conditions the missions of patrol and maintenance of order throughout the city.
“Who has never met the mounted police on the Promenade, Place Masséna, the Coulée verte?
Operational seven days a week throughout the town, it is a local police force that provides general but also specific surveillance patrols, on the seaside, tourist and hillside areas, or even near schools. ,
pointed out Christian Estrosi, justifying the usefulness of this brigade, during an inaugural speech in the presence of several deputies, the chief of the municipal police, Jérôme Marcenac, the brigadier-chief Sébastien Pérignat, at the head of the equestrian brigade since its creation, and Captain Laurent Guay, who represented the Republican Guard on Monday, with whom the city of Nice works in partnership.
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Useful ?
The equestrian brigade is without a doubt for the mayor:
“It provides honorary services and mobilizes to secure all the events organized in our city such as July 14 or the Christmas market.
It carries out nearly 8000 verbalizations per year to fight against parking, traffic offenses and incivilities
, ”he recalled.
Not to mention the image, as impressive as it is intimidating, that it sends back to the public:
“It's a convenience that imposes a lot of authority!
When you see a horse, you think twice about challenging authority.
Having an equestrian brigade is not folklore, it is on the contrary an essential element for civil peace and
, concluded Christian Estrosi, ensuring that he wanted to further develop the brigade in the years to come.
Christian Estrosi and his first Assistant Delegate for Security, Anthony Borré received a horseshoe that had been carried by one of the equines of the brigade.
Nicolas Daguin / Le Figaro
At the end of the inauguration, the city councilor and his first Deputy Delegate for Security, Anthony Borré, were each given, by the hand of Chief Sergeant Sébastien Pérignat, a horseshoe that had been carried by one of the equids of the brigade.
"It's a symbol of luck, isn't it?
It's not me who's going to need
it, ”subtly slipped the city councilor, smiling.
On good terms...
