The Interior minister announced the doubling of the patrols of gendarmes and police in transit “from today”.
Several measures will be taken to combat acts of delinquency “of a sharp increase in” in transit, including increased patrols by police and the widespread use of video surveillance, announced on Thursday the ministers of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.
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“Since the déconfinement, acts of delinquency are increasing rapidly, or may not be related to the port of the mask,” said transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari at a press briefing jointly with the minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin. The two ministers were speaking after a meeting of the national committee of security in public transport.
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Gérald Darmanin announced the doubling of the patrols of gendarmes and police in transit, “from today”. In 2018, 320 000 patrols have been carried out by 2500 police officers, according to the minister, who also intends to increase staffing to term.
A dedicated phone line in each office
The minister also announced that a commitment will be made between the actors of the sector to that there are more trains, buses, metros, trams, equipment for the station to be purchased “without a camera of video surveillance”. An audit will be performed on the entire transport network before the end of September. It will allow local elected officials to modify the contracts with transport companies and put it in the future tenders of security measures such as alert buttons, cameras, video surveillance…
Gérald Darmanin also seeks “a dedicated telephone line in each office, in each force for the transport company to ensure that its alerts are not lost in the other phone calls”. An experiment will take place in the Île-de-France where gendarmes and police will be present “at late hours or early morning in the train stations so that we can make a complaint after an assault.
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Gérald Darmanin, minister of the Interior
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Finally, the ministers are in favour of the powers of safety officers “increased” and to permit “to the bus drivers who would like to be able to wear the cameras pedestrians.” Cameras pedestrians are already experienced operators SNCF and RATP, an experience “that goes well”, according to Jean-Baptiste Djebbari who wish to extend to the controllers. The national committee of security in public transport must come together again in September.
