That's it, it's New Year's Eve! But in Romans-sur-Isère, not everyone has the chance to sip a glass of champagne with the sole concern being the temperature that will allow the foie gras to be cut cleanly. Oh no, no party for those. Work calls them, service to the population above all.
The number of law enforcement officers has been increased. “Forty gendarmes plus ten reservists” from Romans’ company are on deck, informs Commander Galbois. On the national police side, thirteen agents are mobilized, including several members of local security groups as well as reservists. Finally, six municipal police officers are on the ground while three others monitor security cameras from the urban supervision center.
Firefighters are also called upon to intervene in the event of problems. The workforce is reinforced at the Roman emergency center with 14 firefighters compared to 10 in normal times. Let's hope that they don't have much to do because already, at the start of the evening, the emergency department of Romans hospital is full of patients…
It is also in the calmest maternity that the elected officials went to respect the custom and bring some gifts to those who watch over the population. Tradition respected on this New Year's Eve evening for Mayor Marie-Hélène Thoraval and her deputies (Philippe Labadens, Laurent Jacquot, Nathalie Lenquette-Sestier, Damien Got, Jean-Paul Crouzet and Stephan Margaron) as well as the head of the police municipal, Nicolas Robin.
