“We must make vehicle confiscations more systematic”, says a Renaissance MP

“We must make confiscations of vehicles more systematic”, supports Sunday, August 7 on franceinfo the Renaissance deputy Natalia Pouzyreff, after two children aged 10 and 11 were seriously injured during an urban rodeo in Pontoise, in Val-d’Oise, on Saturday. The one who was the rapporteur for a bill that made these motorized rodeos a crime in 2018 is convinced that “It is by attrition of the number of vehicles in these districts that we will be able to curb the phenomenon”.

“It is a very dangerous phenomenon and we have constantly strengthened the legislative arsenal. However, the legislative arsenal is one thing, but we must be able to apprehend these offenders, these delinquents, and this n is not an easy thing, especially in an urban environment, because you have a complexity of the terrain which makes either they flee or chasing it is simply impossible because there is a maze of streets”, she explains. It also warns of the risk of collateral damage to local residents in the event of a chase.

For her, therefore, it is necessary “strengthen the possibility for the police to carry out long-term investigations, with the possibility of having more cameras in the neighborhoods to be able to review the events when they arise and make arrests a posteriori”. She also believes that a “reinforced cooperation on the ground is necessary” to challenge the perpetrators of rodeos. In his eyes, these arrests, if they are followed by prison sentences and “more drastic sanctions”will have a “deterrent effect”.

For MNA Renaissance, we must also “multiply interventions” and “to restore authority in these districts” because, according to her, these are young people who want “provoke the police” and training each other by challenging each other on social media. Finally, she recommends “early education” among the youngest to alert them to the risks they incur and that they cause others to incur.