They were eagerly awaited.

Local residents, whose anger has ended up going beyond the borders of the Lyon metropolis, as well as their colleagues, who are never too numerous.

This Tuesday, January 4, 74 new municipal police officers were welcomed by the prefect of the Rhône, Pascal Mailhos, in a very official manner at the Hôtel de Police de Montluc (Lyon 8).

74 men and women came to attention on a terrace swept by a strong wind, listening to the welcome speech of the prefect who insisted on the concepts of "determination, firmness, recognition".

If all appear young under their mask, all are already experienced.

Most come from Paris and its suburbs.

Among them, part will be assigned to emergency police, the other to the anti-crime squad, day and night.

"The departmental director is very attentive to a balanced distribution", specifies Pascal Mailhos, "in connection with the creation of two districts of republican reconquest, in Vaulx-en-Velin and in Rillieux-la-Pape, but also with the reform so much. expected from the organization of the public security district of Lyon.

These staff reinforce expectations and needs in all areas.

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2/3 of the staff promised by the State are on the ground

At the end of 2020, the Minister of the Interior announced the arrival of 300 police officers over 3 years. In 2021, 122 police officers were assigned to the Rhône DDSP. "Two-thirds of the staff announced are already operational on the ground", welcomes the prefect, who recalled the commitment of the State in the public security of Lyon: "Our policy aims to ensure the safety and the tranquility of our fellow citizens. . This obviously involves the fight against drug trafficking, which is a constant in the city, and which generates many other forms of insecurity. Notably urban rodeos, which have developed in recent years. "This policy consists of treating district by district, thematic by thematic, all the elements likely to affect public tranquility," he added.

The prefect returned to the particular expectations in the Guillotière district: “As indicated last November, I asked the director of the DDSP to create a specialized field brigade which, with 22 police officers, will allow mid-February to form a unit dedicated to both La Guillotière and the Part-Dieu district.

The reinforcements arrived today should maintain the truce observed for a month in these districts, thanks to a larger police presence.

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