“The attack-intrusion exercise, which involved all schools in Lot from kindergarten to high school, went well. Around the schools, seen from the outside, we could hear flies flying,” notes satisfied Frédéric Roure, chief of staff of the prefect. This Tuesday morning, he coordinated the departmental operational center in Cahors, in the presence of the head of the rectorate's mobile security teams, a representative of the Lot academic services, the police, the gendarmerie, and a departmental military delegate. , in consultation with DASEN du Lot.
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If all directors and heads of establishment had to confine their students, only 9 of them had the right to a more in-depth control, in order to verify the proper implementation of security. These were the Clément-Marot and Gambetta high schools in Cahors, Champollion in Figeac, the Orlinde college in Bretenoux, the schools of Figeac (Chapou), Marcilhac-sur-Célé, Saint-Cirgues, Saint-Sulpice and Latronquière. .
“curtains poorly drawn, access doors to the canteens left open…”
“Everything was conclusive on site. The good operational reflexes in the face of a risk of attackers were well implemented by everyone, including the students, assures Frédéric Roure who notes that “the alert chain was perfectly taken into account by school officials. Of course, there are some adjustments like poorly drawn curtains, access doors to the canteens left open…”.
While feedback will be given to the teams in the coming days, Frédéric Roure and the prefect of Lot will endeavor to meet with the municipalities, the departmental council and the regional council to promote the fluidity and homogeneity of the alert. “Indeed,” he continues, “what we observe are disparities in the triggering of alert means. Inside certain establishments there may be an intrusion alert voice message, in others a siren or a simple ringing, and even more artisanal, a director who must trigger the alarm himself.
Finally, during the exercise, a few establishments no longer gave any sign of life, plunging those involved in the departmental operational center into uncertainty… It will therefore be necessary to consider a protocol and means of communication with establishment heads.
