CRS vehicles (Illustration) - Clément Follain / 20 Minutes

  • A CRS company will control the entrances and exits in the Liserons district east of Nice.
  • A few days before the second round of the municipal elections, the subject of violence in this sensitive sector of the city brings Christian Estrosi and the candidate RN Philippe Vardon into conflict.

Weapons of war, gunshot or stabbed wounded ... The least that can be said is that these last days have been complicated in the Liserons district, a sensitive area of ​​the Is Nice affected by drug trafficking and settling of scores. This Monday, after a new brawl that still sent three individuals to the hospital overnight, Christian Estrosi announced the arrival at 8 p.m. of a CRS company. A measure he had called in the morning to the Minister of the Interior.

These reinforcements, present 24/7, will work "like a customs post", specifies the city at 20 minutes . Entrances to the district will only be authorized on presentation of identity papers and a valid reason, said the mayor of Nice, after a meeting with the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes.

"We may expect violent reactions"

In a press release, Bernard Gonzalez confirms the implementation of "state resources to ensure the security of citizens, in particular with the help of a CRS unit, the national police and the gendarmerie, with, as of this [Monday] evening and on the ground a significant presence in support of security ”.

“We may expect violent reactions. They are organized people. We are going to be monitoring other places in the city, ”also said Christian Estrosi, adding that a helicopter should also regularly crisscross the area.

Now that's enough ! It's been 10 months that I have been asking for additional resources from the Bindweeds. This morning, I spoke with the Minister of the Interior @CCastaner and I asked him to set up a CRS company permanently present in the neighborhood. # Nice06 pic.twitter.com/nr0lbuoQgm

- Christian Estrosi (@cestrosi) June 15, 2020

He indicates that he asked that this CRS company be installed "durably" in the Liserons "to reassure the population" but also to "relieve the national police that we need elsewhere when the tourist season starts".

Urban renewal or evictions

The mayor LR of Nice, who will play for his re-election on June 28, has nevertheless affirmed that the solution would be “urban renewal” in this sector which accommodates 2,500 inhabitants. A solution with "public money poured out in big waves" that his outsider Philippe Vardon dismisses. "Restoring security to the bindweed will involve expulsions" for "foreign criminals", decides the RN candidate.

The National Agency for Urban Renewal (Anru) has already signed a contract with the city a contract for a demolition reconstruction program in this district, specifies the municipality. The goal, according to the community, is "to offer populations other housing solutions" which will also "purge situations that favor circulation in cellars and on roofs".

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  • Violence
  • CRS
  • Drug traffic
  • Christian Estrosi
  • District
  • Nice