- With the start of the confinement period, the first police checks began this Tuesday afternoon to ensure compliance with the instructions.
- The police are showing proof of pedagogy for the time being but sanctions could fall fairly quickly if the containment measures are not respected.
- To move around, people now need a certificate. A measure that is valid for at least fifteen days.
"Do you know that you need a certificate to get around?" Since 12 noon on Tuesday, the police and gendarmerie services have been mobilized across France to verify that the containment measures announced on Monday evening by the President of the Republic are well respected. But to see the flow of cars scrolling in the early afternoon on the Place de Bretagne in Rennes, it would seem that not everyone has yet grasped the emergency situation which has been decreed. “There are still far too many cars to circulate, regrets Commander Moal. Even if a lot of people have their certificate with them, it's still not enough. ”
The police are currently demonstrating pedagogy, calmly explaining that travel is now limited to the strict minimum and requires a duly completed certificate, even for pedestrians. "We are nice for the moment but we could very quickly be led to verbalize", warns one of them. Without a certificate or valid reason to travel, recalcitrants are indeed liable to a fine of 38 euros and which may increase to 135 euros. " Oh yeah ! I didn't understand that at all, it's crazy! Chokes a motorist.
"The situation is so new, even for us"
Like him, some people continue to have a normal activity, claiming a race to do or a person to pick up at the station. More worrying, some drivers take the situation for fun when others understand nothing, having never heard of the coronavirus ... "But fortunately it is not the majority, overall people understand", assures Commander Moal.
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As for filling out the certificate, however, there is still some way to go before everything is perfect. "Some have just printed it but not completed, others are traveling by car in four but with only one certificate," said a police officer, who was however quite understanding. "But it's true that the situation is so new, even for us," he adds.
Control of the closing of bars and shops continues
As a result of these containment measures, all the police stations in the sector were closed in Rennes and all the agents repatriated to the central police station to carry out checks on the public highway.
Because in addition to controlling motorists and pedestrians, it is also necessary to ensure that all bars, restaurants and shops are closed and that take-out sales are authorized in certain food shops in good conditions. "Which is not always the case," slips a policeman, who also fears some tensions in the coming days. “For the moment, it's going pretty well. But we don't know how people will react after two weeks of confinement. ”
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