• The prefect of police of Paris Didier Lallement and Valérie Pécresse inaugurated on Monday at the police prefecture the Center for Operational Security Coordination (Cecos).

  • The latter's mission is to facilitate the exchange of information on safety issues between the SNCF, the RATP and the national police to better fight and prevent crime.

  • It was probably for Didier Lallement his last public outing before his departure set for July 20.

It was probably the last public outing of the prefect Lallement, whose departure is recorded for July 20.

In the company of Valérie Pécresse, president of the region and of Ile-de-France Mobilités (IDFM), he inaugurated on Monday the Operational Security Coordination Center or Cecos (pronounced Cécosse), within the police headquarters of Paris.

And it was a cheerful Didier Lallement who announced himself with a vibrant “Hello everyone” to the officials and operators of this refurbished room lined with futuristic screens.

Inviting Valérie Pécresse to stay close to the desk – “Approach!

I'm not too dangerous "-, the prefect delivered a short introductory speech, recalling that the Ile-de-France region was a "local community friendly to the police" counting among its vice-presidents Frédéric Péchenard, former director general of the national police.

Moreover, the prefecture and IDFM have almost put as much into the pot, ie 8.5 million euros each, against 2.5 million for the SNCF to finance Cecos.

Obviously, that creates more links than with the town hall of Paris.

Then he returned to the Cecos, “one of the first European devices of this kind, if not the first”.

To sum up, the Cecos must make it possible to coordinate the actions of the security teams of the SNCF, the RATP and the national police (the DSPAP).

Thus, each entity provides one or more operators at the center who interface with each other.

At the heart of the system, the sharing of information, particularly from video surveillance.

"An integrated place for more effective intervention", as summarized by Didier Lallement.

Moreover, and even if journalists were advised not to mention the episode, the prefect himself returned to the incidents at the Stade de France during the Champions League final, stating that with such a system “we would have had information at the time that could have helped us”.

Valérie Pécresse, fan of high-tech

In her speech, Valérie Pécresse recalled that six years were necessary to set up Cecos and that it was necessary to overcome certain reluctance, in particular on the side of the SNCF and the RATP.

Thanks to this system, she promised that "nowhere will you feel isolated from the police forces" and predicted that "a lot of security forces from Europe will come to visit this center".

She also praised video surveillance because even if there are no studies on its effectiveness, “in the field, the rate of elucidation is much better, as is the rate of prevention”.

And the president of IDFM who wishes to "simplify everything thanks to new technologies" evokes the possibility of using artificial intelligence to exploit the images.

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which is not for now.

Finally, Valérie Pécresse concluded at the address of Didier Lallement with a "Good wind for your new adventures, now I can say it", in reference to her exit last week on the departure, not yet official from the prefect.

Then during the wandering, Valérie Pécresse indeed showed herself very interested in new anti-crime technologies, welcoming "the evolution of software", seeking to "see the cameras" or deploring "legislative locks to be broken ".

She also discussed drones with Didier Lallement who assured that “we will get there”.

“Me, I have drones on my leisure bases, supposedly to prevent drowning, but not only, admits the elected LR.

They also prevent fights.

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Finally Valérie Pécresse was also worried that Cecos does not cover all the bus stations in Ile-de-France, but the prefect reminded her that he only had jurisdiction over Paris and the inner suburbs.

"There must not be any holes in the racket," she warned, however.

It will have to do with his successor.

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