170 police officers on the bridge
Shortly before 8:30 p.m., national police officers set up on avenue Augustin-Dupré in Saint-Etienne. Six officials are located on one side of the road and the other to check pedestrians, cars or bicycles. The first vehicles are not long in approaching. A motorist and his passengers claim not to have seen the time. But the curfew started about thirty minutes earlier and, on this New Year’s Eve, it will be zero tolerance on the side of the police. “Tonight, we need firmness,” confirms Cédric Esson, departmental director of public security in the Loire. We are increasing the number of small checkpoints like this one in strategic places in order to mesh the territory. “
In total, 170 police officers took part in the exceptional device of this evening in the Loire. In addition to road checks, they expected to intervene on nightly noise and perhaps on the margins on fireworks or even possible clandestine parties.
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