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“Rehire several thousand police officers and gendarmes”. This is the objective that Emmanuel Macron sets for himself, Monday October 2, interviewed on all the antennas of France 3. The President of the Republic gave an interview to France 3 in the regional editions “ICI 19/20”, also broadcast on franceinfo. This measure should cost 15 billion euros, according to Emmanuel Macron. The Head of State spoke about security and rural issues from Lot-et-Garonne, where three new gendarmerie brigades are created, according to his announcements made earlier today. Follow our live stream.
The gendarmerie equipped with 239 new brigades. Visiting Tonneins, in Lot-et-Garonne, the head of state revealed the location of 239 new gendarmerie brigades which will be created by 2027, more than the 200 promised before his re-election. If 93 will be fixed, 146 will be “mobile”capable of traveling to rural or peri-urban locations. “This reinvestment is historic”assured the Head of State, affirming that he wanted to restore the presence of the police “in the field”.
Some 2,100 additional gendarme posts. The first brigades will be installed in November and their creation should last until 2027. In total, these creations represent 2,144 additional gendarme positions, out of the 8,500 creations of law enforcement personnel announced by the government. by the end of the five-year term.
Consultation with prefects. To select the sites concerned by the new brigades, criteria “economic, demographic and operational” (delinquency, burglary, domestic violence, etc.) were taken into account, explains the Elysée. The choices were made after several months of consultation with the prefects.