Stéphane Place (in Bordeaux) / Photo credits: SANDRINE MARTY / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 7:30 a.m., April 9, 2024

Accused by his political opponents who believe that insecurity has increased since he was elected, Pierre Hurmic, the mayor of Bordeaux, defends his results and continues to invest in the number of municipal police and in video protection. 

“Bordeaux no longer suffers from a denial of reality regarding insecurity”: Pierre Hurmic, mayor EELV, defended his results in terms of security, he who is accused by his political opponents of having increased insecurity since 'he is elected. Biased statistics according to him, based on figures from the Ministry of the Interior. “Bordeaux is a city less affected than others in terms of increasing delinquency at the national level,” he estimated. But while he had long opposed surveillance cameras in the city, the elected official installed them with all his might.

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“We’re all going to close.”

An insecurity noted by the traders met by Europe 1. "There are a lot of dealers who are there, in rue Sainte-Catherine, before, they were not there", "there are always dealers, it's impossible, we will all close,” say these two traders who deplore the delinquency linked to drug trafficking.

215 video protection cameras deployed

A phenomenon that the mayor of Bordeaux is not unaware of. Neither sheriff nor naive, the elected environmentalist assumes to make security a priority, with in particular the deployment of 215 video protection cameras, or more than 58% since 2020. "I was very hostile to video surveillance cameras, mainly because that at the time, they were presented to us as intended to compensate for the withdrawal of field police officers,” he explains before continuing. "We are an eco-friendly mayor and at the same time pragmatic. We hire municipal police officers and I don't do it in a shameful way. Community policing pays."

An additional two million euros will be allocated for the municipal police budget and ten officers will be recruited each year. At the same time, Pierre Hurmic is calling for a strengthening of the national police force in his city.