While the health situation is deteriorating in France, Matignon announced an intensification of police checks in "stations, airports and road tolls" in the departments concerned by the braking measures of the Covid-19 epidemic.

In front of the Lille-Flandres station, about fifteen police officers were mobilized. 

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After a first week of "pedagogy", controls will intensify from Friday in "stations, airports and road tolls", announces Matignon, following a meeting with the directors general of the ARS and the prefects of the 19 departments concerned by measures to "brake" the Covid-19 epidemic.

While the health situation is deteriorating further, checks to "respect barrier gestures" will continue.

In Hauts-de-France, a region affected by regional "confinement", around fifteen police officers were mobilized in front of the Lille-Flandres station. 

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Between understanding and anger

"Good evening, police check. Do you have a certificate?"

Employer certificate, identity document or proof of address if necessary, the security forces mobilized check compliance with the rules in force in the department: no travel more than 10 km without exemption and no exit from the region without compelling motive.

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Some of the station users understand, like Antoine.

On an internship in Lille, he returned home to Valenciennes.

"You have to check. I think there are many who should not respect. It's normal, they do their job," he commented.

But for others, like Michel, it's annoyance.

He has just been fined 135 euros because he did not have his identity document with him.

"The rigor, I do not understand it", he denounces.

"It's overdone there, and it's called zeal."

Without controls, "even more excess"

"I believe that the pedagogy has been done widely," said Jean-François Papineau, departmental director of Public Security in the North.

"Above all, the police presence must be able to deter people from committing excesses. And, of course, carry out checks. Because if there is no check, there will inevitably be even more excess. . "

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The objectives of this mobilization in front of the Lille-Flandres station are multiple.

Avoid departures on vacation or weekends first, but also gatherings of more than six people.