The Minister announced the arrival of new surveillance cameras, which had been announced some time ago. The authorities are currently carrying out an analysis of the areas where they are really needed. The results of this survey will be presented to the Luxembourg City Council at the end of June.
He will then authorise these surveillance zones before the summer, even though “some cameras in Luxembourg City are superfluous”, Henri Kox admitted, without specifying which ones. An review of the situation is underway, in order to list the places that could benefit from increased surveillance, “such as the Royal Hamilius or Bonnevoie, but it does not depend on me alone”, explained the minister.
Regarding expulsion or the “access guarantee”, the opinion of the Council of State is now known and is mainly in favour of, while asking for a more precise framework. The Minister is also awaiting the opinion of the Advisory Commission on Human Rights.
In this context, the Minister explained that “it is not for the police to do social work and that the municipality must also be part of the solution. The legal draft should be presented to the deputies after the holidays”.
Finally, recruitment efforts in the police are bearing fruit, as the number of candidates has never been so high in the history of the Grand Duchy: “When we have 800, or even 700 candidates like this year, we can say that we are well prepared. It is also important that these police students go out into the field during their training period in order to show a certain presence”, Henri Kox was pleased to say.
It is indeed a welcome presence in some municipalities, such as Ettelbruck or the capital, where cooperation is going very well: ‘regular meetings are organised to improve the joint work between the different authorities’, the Green Minister concluded.
