To pass the new year safely, the Côte-d’Or gendarmes were mobilized from 6 p.m. Tuesday evening, until 7 a.m. this Wednesday 1is January. In total, the police noted fifteen cases of alcohol while driving, six driving under the influence of drugs, five insurance failures, one driving license failure and three refusals to comply.
“Very calm” night in the south of the department
On the southern side of Côte-d’Or, the night of December 31 to 1is January was “very calm”, according to the gendarmes of the Beaune company. Forty soldiers participated in securing New Year’s Eve throughout the district between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. “Around ten traffic offenses were noted during the night, including some driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs,” specifies the squadron leader, Amal Ayoubi. To the 40 Beaune soldiers mobilized on the ground, we must add 45 EDSR gendarmes who crisscrossed the main roads, 40 soldiers from Montbard, 38 from Is-sur-Tille and 35 from Dijon.
The prefecture does not communicate
On the police side, agents were mainly mobilized for urban security missions. Contacted on this subject, the prefecture, as every year, does not wish to communicate any figures for the incidents in Dijon. However, the communications department confirms “that there have been several police operations in the Dijon area to put an end to disturbances to public order”.
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