At the police station.

A year at the heart of the police: the testimony of a French journalist in immersion

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Mikaël Corre investigated for a year at the Roubaix police station.

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By: Clementine Pawlotsky

1 min

As France prepares for its presidential election in April 2022, the issue of security is occupying more and more space in the electoral campaign.

President Emmanuel Macron made new proposals the day before yesterday on this subject.

He says he wants to double the number of police officers on the ground by 2030.

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For her part, the Republican candidate, Valérie Pécresse, wants to “bring the kärcher out of the cellar”, a formula used in 2005 by former President Nicolas Sarkozy who intended to “clean up” the suburbs and neighborhoods where insecurity reigns.

The far-right candidate Eric Zemmour is no exception either: he promises to divide the number of delinquents if he is elected president.

The opportunity to question the daily life of police officers in France, with

, journalist for the daily 

.

He has just spent a year in immersion in a police station in Roubaix, in the North.

He publishes this week an investigation entitled “At the police station.

A year at the heart of the police”.

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