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Saint-Denis Limits Police LBDs To Vehicles As Nearby Towns Hire Departing Officers

The mayor frames the move as a symbolic step to keep public safety steady.

Overview

  • Herblay-sur-Seine and Franconville say they have each hired one municipal officer from Saint-Denis, with local reporting pointing to more transfer requests under way.
  • Mayor Bally Bagayoko clarified that officers will not carry LBDs — rubber-ball launchers used in crowd control — on patrol and will retrieve them from cars only if needed.
  • He said agents keep their 9 mm pistols and electric shock devices, and they will not wear a weapon for every assignment.
  • The mayor reports one confirmed departure and three transfer requests so far, and says the city has received about a dozen job applications.
  • He also pledges to maintain a force of 135 municipal officers and keep the current network of video-surveillance cameras, arguing LBD use was already rare.