The aging federal police fleet imposes high repair costs. Worse, it is made up of 52% of vehicles that do not meet Euro 5 and 6 pollution standards. By 2026, at the latest, these vehicles will therefore have to be replaced. For the police, there is clearly an emergency.
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When we launched this topic with several police contacts, they were unanimous: the situation of the fleet of federal police is catastrophic, apart from the WPR (traffic police) level.
The envelope of additional investments of 30 million euros, specially allocated to various investments including the purchase of “correct” vehicles, is paradoxically welcomed with hope and prudence at the level of the federal police. “I have been demanding for years an increase in budgets for these departments of the federal police which, in my opinion, have been somewhat neglected for quite some time. It is therefore very good news “, judges the federal deputy, Éric Thiebaut (PS).
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