“You see, we work together” Jean-Claude Dunand, the boss of the national police in Côte-d’Or is alongside his colleagues from the municipal police for this New Year’s Eve. For the last night of the year, the police are instructed to make themselves visible in order to prevent any overflow. 300 national and municipal police officers, firefighters and gendarmes are mobilized for this night of New Year’s Eve in the Dijon metropolitan area.
Fabien Sudry, the prefect of Côte-d’Or, Danyl Afsoud his chief of staff and Nathalie Koenders, first deputy of the city of Dijon in charge of security went to greet the men and women involved in the field. A passage through the Longvic gendarmerie school, the remand center, Samu, On Dijon, the service which concentrates video surveillance cameras, and the fire station.
This delegation also followed in the early evening a patrol of national and municipal police, avenue du Lac in the Fontaine d’Ouche district. The arrival of all the vehicles turns some heads. “Hey, it’s not war here! “ launches a man in front of a night bar, rather astonished at such a deployment while all is calm. The patrol goes up a good part of the avenue without encountering any other remarks or invectives. On the contrary, sitting under a building porch, two men throw a “Good evening, good luck” two policemen.
6 new police officers for Dijon in January
Last Sunday on Boxing Day, the municipal police vehicle was targeted by mortar fire in the same neighborhood. “Our answer is clear, we will remain present on the ground, and very visible “ assures Jean-Claude Dunand. The prefect Fabien Sudry comes to him with good news, he announces the arrival in mid-January of 6 new national police officers for Dijon “and these are job creations” he specifies.
Since the summer of 2020, the city of Dijon has seen the arrival of 42 new police officers. A renewal of the workforce which makes it possible to better distribute the forces present on the ground.