This is the case, for example, in Grenoble, the first large city in France to have been governed, since 2014, by environmentalists. Opposing Mayor Éric Piolle, Alain Carignon, former mayor and former minister in the Chirac and Balladur governments, recalls on to move regarding the arming of the municipal police on the basis of well-defined missions. Taking a step in the face of the tragedies that Grenoblois are experiencing is what the mayor of Bordeaux is doing.”
Hurmic “pragmatic”
In Paris, municipal police officers have a defense stick, a tear gas canister, individual cameras, a pair of handcuffs and a bulletproof vest. But no lethal weapons. The LR opposition group to the socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo also reacted to the decision taken in the Gironde prefecture: “In Bordeaux, environmentalists arm their municipal police, the environmental group of Paris votes against the creation of a municipal police force. , finally created [en 2021]thanks to the voices of the right, and we continue to demand its armament which is still refused to us. Parisians have the right to security. »
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