The Strasbourg municipal police, particularly in demand lately to settle daily disputes, can count on new equipment, pedestrian cameras (eventually around 150 cameras), indicates the city.
As with the Toulouse municipal police officers who have already benefited from pedestrian cameras for more than a year, the Strasbourg police officers who work daily in all districts of the city will be able to experiment with their use.
The device has been in place since yesterday, Monday.
The objective of the community: "to contribute to peaceful relations between police officers and inhabitants".
Equipment that today seems essential for all the law enforcement agencies of the territory.
Recall that the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin in September announced the generalization of pedestrian cameras equipping the national police "for July 1, 2021".
"A strict legal environment"
The cameras will be triggered manually by the municipal agents themselves, and “must be used for prevention and the constitution of elements useful for justice.
The tool put in place responds to a particularly strict legal environment, reassures the city and the data collected can only be used within the framework of a judicial, administrative or disciplinary procedure.
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