Placardées in all the buses of the agglomeration, the posters want to point out an evidence. Gender-based violence is an offense punishable by a fine of €135. “Too often victims dare not call usdeplores Edouard Malis, the departmental director of public security in Indre. They tell themselves that they are going to bother us for nothing because they don’t really have any proof to provide and that there will be no follow-up. It’s wrong!”
The police point out that indeed, they can on a simple call to 17, intervene on the bus, take the complaint and even verbalize the author of the insult, without the victim having any real proof to provide. The author then got off the bus to allow the victim to complete his journey in peace.
“Today, in Châteauroux, we have less than five complaints a yearrecognizes Edouard Malis. But just as speech is freed when it comes to domestic violence, we want speech to be freed when it comes to gender-based violence.“.
The campaign must last until the end of October in all the buses of the Castelroussine agglomeration.