the all-out rise in energy of the municipal police in Saint-Denis | EUROtoday

9 millimeter pistol on the hip, telescopic baton on the belt, darkish tactical vest. Municipal or nationwide police? From a distance, it is troublesome to determine. Also up shut, the GSP emblem on the again would not assist. GSP, like “proximity security group”, of the nationwide police? No, GSP as a “security and proximity group”, a unit created rather more not too long ago by the municipal police of Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis).

With this bib, the three municipal law enforcement officials who patrol this December afternoon embody this confusion. Alongside Rémy, 38, who arrived three years in the past after working in Paris, Rudy, 42, former nationwide police officer, and Mike, 28, former soldier (none wished to present their final identify). In the Gabriel-Péri buying avenue, they wander round, confiscate packets of cigarettes offered on the road, cease the electrical scooters banned within the pedestrian zone and dislodge the struggling souls stranded on previous scooters, a can in hand, who will land just a few dozen meters additional.

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