Laurent Mucchielli quoted in "Gérald Darmanin's visit to Marseille: for residents, safety is not everything"

France Bleu Provence / Marseille, 25 February, by Maxime Fayolle.
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"Last week, Gérald Darmanin announced the imminent arrival of 300 police officers in Marseille, including 100 in 2021 alone. The Minister of the Interior announced that "security in Marseille is a priority". The minister's visit to Marseille was decided after a shooting on the Plombières footbridge on 13 February. [...] 
This announcement comes after a controversy surrounding the moratorium on video protection introduced by the new majority in Marseille. On 16 February, Gérald Darmanin angered some of Marseille's elected representatives by claiming that he himself had "offered money to Marseille City Council, via the prefect, for video protection", but that the city had "refused" this financial aid. "You have to stop being a pyromaniac firefighter sometimes", he added. ...