Faced with delinquency and drug trafficking in Rouen, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol launches a “cry of alert”

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Wednesday November 6, 2024, the mayor of Rouen (Seine-Maritime) Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol announced the upcoming creation of a new municipal police station, in the Saint-Sever district, left bankin addition to the existing one on the right bank, rue Orbe.

“A cry of alert, alarm and concern”

The opportunity also to launch a “cry of alert, alarm and concern from a mayor”, addressed to the State in the field of the fight against delinquency : “Security has been a priority subject since the start of the mandate, but within the limits of what a mayor can do. Because security is a State responsibility and in this area, the Rouen region is under-resourced. »

In 2019 the Minister of the Interior at the time, Christophe Castaner, announced the arrival of reinforcements in Rouen: today we see that the resources of the national police, just like those of the justice system, are not up to par. appointment.

Same story with Kader Chekhemani, deputy for public tranquility. “The Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau spoke of order, order, order. We answer effective, effective, effective. »

And when we talk about the fight against delinquency today, there is obviously the question of drug trafficking. “Rouen is not more affected than any other city but it is,” notes Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol. We must tell our fellow citizens the truth, drugs are an international and national problem. But this does not mean that we must wait until the situation becomes catastrophic to deploy resources on the ground. »

However, additional staff have been recruited in 2023 with 15 new positions in Rouen. Around thirty police officers were also recruited in 2022.

Implementation of video-verbalization in 2025

In the area of ​​security, the municipality highlights several aspects of its policy:

• Growth in the number of municipal police officers, from 54 agents in 2020 to 65 today.
• Creation of a municipal police night brigade.
• Creation of a dog crew.
• Deployment of the video protection system, going from 42 cameras in the city (not including those in the public transport network) in 2020 to 113 today.
• Video-verbalization: implementation from the beginning of 2025.

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