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New Year’s Eve: the security system deployed will be “heavy” and “very detailed” according to the national delegate of the Alliance police union
New Year’s Eve: the security system deployed will be “heavy” and “very detailed” according to the national delegate of the Alliance police union – (franceinfo)
New Year’s Eve is generally a night punctuated by incidents. Questioned by 12/13 info on Friday December 29, Éric Henry, national delegate of the Alliance police union, reacted to the announcements from the Minister of the Interior.
For New Year’s Eve, 90,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed throughout France. According to Éric Henry, national delegate of the Alliance police union, “it is an extremely heavy and detailed general system, which goes slightly beyond 2022”.
In detail, 6,000 police officers will be mobilized in Paris, in addition to 37,000 gendarmes and 6,000 soldiers from Operation Sentinel. “Helicopters will fly over certain neighborhoods. There will be visits to the common areas to see if there are mortars or weapons present by destination”specifies Éric Henry, for whom the two systems in Paris and on national territory are “complementary”. Agents will also be present “by the side of the roads” And “next to public transport” to carry out checks.
Drones above Paris
Asked about the use of drones above Paris, Éric Henry recalls that his union has already shown itself there “favorable”. “It is a significant aid to the judicial investigation. It allows, through the capture of images, to objectify offenses in order to be able to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of misdemeanors and crimes and to hand them over to justice. These are also very interesting tools in terms of prevention relating to demonstrations of all kinds”he assures, calling for “generalize” their use. Éric Henry also recalled that“around 75 attacks have been foiled since 2012, and 46 since 2017”.
