Celebrations under high surveillance. After the incidents that sparked the celebrations of Algerian fans after the African Cup of Nations quarter-finals and semi-finals, 2,500 police will be mobilized Friday night to ensure security in the capital, at the end of the final between Senegal to Algeria. "We have a device that is ready," says David Michaux, national delegate CRS UNSA Police, at the microphone of Europe 1.
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In fact, the device is the same as for the 14-July and semi-final against Nigeria, when 282 people were arrested in the country. 2,500 police officers will be mobilized in Paris, mainly around the Champs-Élysées, on the axis of the Place de la Concorde at Porte Maillot.
"The goal is that it's a party"
"We usually manage this kind of event," said David Michaux, who promises "a very responsive device." We will completely frame the Champs-Elysees, the Porte Maillot "Forces will also be engaged" in sensitive districts or in the suburbs ", indicates the national delegate CRS UNSA Police.
"The goal is to be a party," he says, "but we have to ensure a security device so that people only have a party."
However, Michaux regrets half-heartedly that the prefecture has dismissed the idea of closing the Champs-Elysees. "It would have been easier to manage," he concedes. "We are not safe from damage on the Champs (...) with people just to see the Fields and who will end up with people on their vehicle". The police will try to "prevent people from going on the roads".