A police check on the respect of the curfew Thursday evening was the opportunity to recall all the actions put in place by the police.
A school decongestion. At 7:05 p.m. Thursday evening, the traffic jam at the Dufau – Alsace-Loraine crossroads in Pau was a thing of the past. “We have observed it on each check, the streets empty at the time of the curfew,” notes the departmental director of public security, David Booke. “During these checks, nine out of ten drivers have a valid reason for driving. “
Few violations noted, therefore, but a work of control and education that will not stop, with an increased circulation of the English variant of Covid-19. “The situation is deteriorating, the incidence rate has gone from 42 per 100,000 to 79 in one week,” notes Théophile de Lassus, the chief of staff of the prefecture. Three-quarters of cases are now due to the British variant. “
No more than six
The prefecture therefore calls on the citizens of the department to be very vigilant about respecting the 7 p.m. curfew, especially this weekend between good weather and time change. “We will in particular ensure that there is no gathering of more than six people, apart from protest demonstrations”, continues the chief of staff.
The hunt for underground parties is set up as a number 1 priority after a week which saw a party for 30 people on rue Lalo, in Pau, another for eight people near Lescar, and an evening for seven or eight fans of rugby from Pau around of the France-Wales match annihilated by the police. In Serres-Castet, a football tournament bringing together nearly 200 participants was however not discovered.
“It is often classic emergency police interventions that lead us to see these regroupings,” underlines David Book. This often starts from a report for noise at night. »Rue Lalo, it was the violence of one of the revelers who had led the constabulary’s intervention.
“In addition to these controls related to compliance with the curfew, remember that we are also mobilized to enforce the wearing of masks in public places where it is imposed,” adds David Book.
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