Nina Pavan (in Marseille), edited by Laura Laplaud 09:51, August 09, 2022
On Monday, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin welcomed 65 new police officers to Marseille.
These new recruits come out of school and they have chosen Marseille for their first mission, despite the city's sometimes difficult reputation.
Europe 1 went to meet them.
65 new peacekeepers were welcomed by the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, on Monday in Marseille.
Among these new recruits, young police officers who have just left school.
A first mission they chose, despite the sometimes difficult reputation of the Marseille city.
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To the sound of
La Marseillaise
, in front of the Minister of the Interior, the new police officers are preparing to take up their duties.
Eliès chose Marseille, for him the city is the best place to start his career.
"In addition to being a school outing, Marseille is a school. There is diversity in the missions that we will not see elsewhere", he maintains.
Drug trafficking at the heart of the missions of the Marseille police
Various missions such as car patrols, the fight against delinquency and especially the fight against drug trafficking.
Despite his voluntary choice, Eliès remains apprehensive.
"Of course, I'm apprehensive because I'm a human first and foremost. I think all you have to do is listen to the hierarchy and the colleagues already in place and everything will be fine."
36 murders linked to drug trafficking last year
Last year, 36 murders were directly linked to trafficking, according to the Marseille prosecutor's office.
Gérald Darmanin also welcomed Monday the police means put in place by the State in the city.
“The President of the Republic had made a commitment, 300 new police officers in two years. This commitment will be kept. he.
The Minister of the Interior took the opportunity to call on the mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, to increase the number of municipal police officers and to invest massively in video surveillance cameras.