This was the wish of the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanen, who at the end of January traveled to Cocoron, in Ardéch, to compensate for the closure of the gendarmerie brigades in rural areas. The first mobile gendarmerie has been meeting the residents of Montagne Ardéchoise for a month. During the presidential term, this mobile brigade makes it possible above all Collect agents, for some residents, under their homes. On Tuesday, it parked in Saint-Cirgues-en-Montagne.
– Louis Fontaine
Contact, proximity and service
In this Equipped mobile homethe gendarmerie offers a service, but also an opportunity to restore affinity, the sometimes lost link with the rural population for first-class chief Guillemet: “It is really necessary to present yourself in these parts of the Ardèche because we have a very large strip in the region and the municipalities are all far from each other. This vehicle is very important to keep in touch with the residents” she insists.
“Thanks to the brigade, I don’t have to travel back and forth 200 km to vote for the presidential election” – Henry, of Drôme, based in Saint-Serge-en-Montigne
Two fewer brigades since 2014
This roving brigade concept was tested in a sector Community Brigades (COB) From Lanarce from summer 2021. The goal, to allow gendarmes to get as close as possible to the inhabitants of this 580 square kilometer area. In total, 21 municipalities in the Haute Ardèche and 4,051 inhabitants This initiative can be used. This comes after the disappearance of the battalions of Saint-Etienne de Loughdar and Le Béage.
– Louis Fontaine
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A few days before the first round of the presidential election, France Bluedrome Ardache He shares his microphone with seven students from the Faculty of Journalism in ESJ Pro in Montpellier. From Monday 28 March to Friday 1 April they will meet for a week with Ardéchois, from Cévennes to the mountains, to tell us about the most beautiful initiatives of citizens “Here, how do we do it?” To heal, to move, to eat, to adapt to climate change, and to love each other, in the only section of France without a motorway and commuter train.
Find their reports on the France Bleu Drôme Ardèche radio antenna at 7:15 and 7:45 every morning and around the clock. www.francebleu.fr
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