Illustration of the Lille municipal police.
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M.Libert / 20 Minutes
Safety was the main theme of the municipal campaign in Lille after ecology.
But where are we today?
Two recent events caused a stir, the assault of a woman in Moulins and a violent brawl filmed in Masséna.
"Lille is not Marseille," said Martine Aubry, while acknowledging that the situation is far from rosy.
Moreover, the Socialist said on Friday that her campaign promises on security were in the pipes, tackling the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, in passing.
On the question of security, even if we are not at the level of “Marseille or Paris”, it is not a panacea in Lille.
And, according to the mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry, the coronavirus crisis did not help matters: “During the confinement period, there was the arrival of many dealers [...] in the same way as us we have seen a lot of homeless people arrive.
And they all stay there, ”noted the elected official while insisting“ not to mix the two ”.
These new elements are as much oil poured on an already well fed fire.
"In Lille today, we have fewer police officers than before the summer"
At the end of July, the assault on a woman in Moulins by a drug dealer had, it seems, made things happen.
Martine Aubry was upset and reiterated with the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, her request for additional police officers.
“By the end of the year, there will be 60 more police officers in the greater Lille area,” the latter had promised a few days later.
A skillful communication game retorted the mayor of Lille since there are only 16 job creations, the others only replacing departures.
"In Lille today, we have fewer police officers than before the summer," lamented Martine Aubry.
The municipality has therefore not given up on the idea of increasing the number of its own police.
"We are going to hire 50 municipal police officers, including 25 this year if we get there," continues the socialist.
But the effects will not be seen immediately, and probably not before 2021. "You have to choose them, hire them, that they are authorized by the prefecture and that they do a training", lists the mayor.
The other point on which the city can act is the installation of video surveillance cameras.
Mobiles to start, then fifty more by the fall of 2021 we promise.
The targeted locations are becoming clearer: around stations, in shopping streets and those “where common rules are not respected,” adds Martine Aubry, targeting the Masséna-Solférino district.
Neighborhood where, two weeks ago, a man was violently beaten in front of a camera ... cell phone lens.
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