Municipal police and video surveillance: behind the controversies, questions about their effectiveness
Mathilde Panot, the president of the rebellious deputies, has unleashed security passions by proposing to disarm municipal officials and reduce video surveillance. However, several reports question their actual effectiveness.
The controversy continues to escalate, fueled by the right and—more surprisingly—also shaking the left. This Sunday, July 6, Mathilde Panot, the leader of the rebellious deputies, announced that the LFI candidates in the upcoming municipal elections, once elected, will work to disarm their municipal police when they are armed.
They will also tackle video surveillance. "Those who have overarmed the municipal police at every turn, what has that created? The escalation is a clear failure," the Val-de-Marne MP justified herself, calling for the return of community policing and the reintegration of municipal police personnel into the national police. This outburst has unleashed security passions less than a year before the municipal elections.
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