The police headquarters announced a reinforced security system for New Year's Eve at a time when police fear brawls and urban damage. This year, nearly 100,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed throughout France.
Festivities under high security. On this New Year's Eve, many French people will be celebrating. In Paris, the Champs-Élysées are preparing to welcome more than a million people for this New Year's Eve. In 2023, 90,000 law enforcement officers were mobilized throughout the country for New Year's Eve.
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This year, the prefecture has set up an XXL police system with 100,000 police officers and gendarmes deployed throughout France, including 10,000 in Paris and its inner suburbs alone, in a climate where ultraviolence is taking hold in France and even more so this year.
Feared brawls
The police fear fights between rival gangs from sensitive neighborhoods, and urban damage. “In Paris, for example, we have specialized groups who manage the gangs. We have surveillance that is put in place upstream. When we have weak signals, we can intervene and send police cars to the gathering place,” explains Jean-Christophe Couvy, national secretary of the Unité union.
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A curfew for minors
Faced with the phenomenon, some municipalities are introducing curfews for minors from 10 p.m. on New Year's Eve. This is the case of several municipalities in Gironde such as Floirac or Lormont. An effective measure for Jean-Christophe Couvy.
“It gives us a basis for working: as soon as you have an order to control individuals, you rely on it. They are minors, bingo, you can bring them back or call their parents to come pick them up, and behind that, there will be fines,” he explains.
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Through these measures, it is also a question of avoiding acts of vandalism such as burning cars. Some municipalities have also chosen to ban the sale of fuel in cans. This is also the case for mortars, banned by certain prefectures such as Marseille until January 2 inclusive.
