“The law enforcement units are ready”, assures the Unit-SGP Police FO union

“The law enforcement units are ready” for the evenings of July 13 and 14 and to prevent incidents during the National Day, assured this Wednesday on franceinfo the national delegate of the Unit-SGP Police FO union Sébastien Watiotienne.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Wednesday the deployment of a “exceptional device” of 45,000 police and gendarmes every evening. “As every year, we know that there will be crowd movements and fireworks mortar fire”said the police unionist. “Despite a week of commitment during the riots, the colleagues are ready to do the job”.

The BRI, the Raid and the GIGN also mobilized

According to Sébastien Watiotienne, “fourteen CRS companies will be engaged on the Ile-de-France plate” and specialized units like the BRI, the Raid and the GIGN will also be mobilized, “so that citizens can enjoy and benefit from a happy 14 July”.

Regarding the desire of some mayors to cancel the fireworks and firefighters’ ball in their municipalities, the trade unionist believes that it is “difficult to put a CRS company in every city in France”. However, he assures that “Colleagues will be organized so that everything is squared, that all the companies are within a respectable time of each other to intervene if ever there is a resurgence of violence”.