Frédérique Camilleri during her investiture ceremony as police prefect of Bouhes-du-Rhône -

Mathilde Ceilles / 20 Minutes

  • This Monday, the prefect of police of Bouches-du-Rhône Frédérique Camilleri was officially installed in her functions.

  • Until now, she was deputy director of the office of the Paris police chief Didier Lallement.

  • From his first official words as Prefect of Marseille, Frédérique Camilleri gave a firm speech.

From her very first speech to take office as the brand new police chief of Bouches-du-Rhône, Frédérique Camilleri sets the tone: that of firmness.

"The first of the challenges, at the root of many evils in this department, is the fight against drug trafficking, which plagues our neighborhoods, which shatter destinies and families, which pervert all references, launches the prefect freshly appointed in the icy courtyard of the Bishop's Palace this Monday.

We will lead this fight relentlessly, without qualms, foot of building by foot of building, stairwell by stairwell.

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"It's a tough one," slips an elected Marseille well aware of security issues.

To succeed the prefect Emmanuel Barbe, sacked to everyone's surprise after only nine months in office and a few blunders which obviously cost him his place, the Ministry of the Interior has in fact chosen to place at the head of the prefecture of police des Bouches-du-Rhône close to Didier Lallement.

Since April 2019, the young Frédérique Camilleri, barely 36 years old, was indeed - already deputy director of the cabinet of the controversial Paris police prefect.

"No tolerance"

Asked about this heritage, Frédérique Camilleri endorses it with a certain caution.

“I have had the opportunity in my life, and I pay tribute to them today, to work with very great prefects who have all brought me something.

And then each one is himself, brings his method, his vision.

It's a profession that you learn from these prefects, your bosses, and I was lucky to have these bosses.

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The Camilleri method, according to the main interested party, who knows Marseille well for having worked there recently, consists in "having the courage to do things", whether against the clandestine parties against which she promises "no tolerance", or for the management of demonstrations against the comprehensive security law.

"I strongly condemn all the excesses that there may have been with sometimes serious incidents against the police present to secure the processions", she thus wishes to clarify.

“It's good to have a harder prefect!

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This apparent firmness is not to displease the Marseille police.

"In the police, we are asked to be firm and courteous, and I have no doubt that it is, launches Rudy Manna, departmental secretary of the police union Alliance.

It's a good thing to have a police chief a little harder than the others in Marseille!

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"His appointment sends a clear message of firmness, more for delinquents than law enforcement, with a clear roadmap," said a police union source.

And its mission is to try to return the department to the bosom of the Ministry of the Interior, while it is said that there are three police forces with three methods: that of Paris, that of the provinces and that of Marseille!

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"We expect the prefect to consult, and that she commits to recruiting, warns Yannick Ohanessian, deputy mayor of Marseille in charge of security.

And we need permanent recruitments, not just communication operations focused solely on drug trafficking.

"" There is an urgent need for reinforcement of personnel in Marseille, chokes a union police source.

There were reinforcements announced by the minister in Lille, Nice, Toulouse, and nothing in Marseille!

According to Yannick Ohanessian, Marseille has lost 300 police officers in three years.

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