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The gendarmes control the wearing of masks in establishments welcoming the public around Chartres

From the Barjouville shopping area to the Épernon and Maintenon stations; from the Coudray business area to the restaurants and night bars of Auneau-Saint-Symphorien and Villages-Vovéens, nearly twenty-five gendarmes were on the bridge, Friday August 21, from 5 p.m. to midnight, to check that the mask was worn, as required by law, in establishments open to the public. An operation that will be repeated in the coming weeks.

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The mobilized brigades carried out only prevention on Friday. Captain Matthieu Rousseau, commander of the Lucé gendarmerie company, explains:

“These operations are initiated by the gendarmerie to support the population in integrating this new habit. The objective is not to verbalize but to observe the way in which the wearing of a mask and social distancing are respected or not. “

Captain Matthieu Rousseau (Commander of the Lucé gendarmerie company)


This observation, carried out over several weeks, will allow the mayors and the prefect of Eure-et-Loir to adapt the health measures to the situation. “If the mask is respected, they will not need to take new orders, more restrictive, for example. “

Conciliatory at first, the gendarmes will pass to the verbalization (of the individual fine until the administrative closure of the establishments which do not respect the law if necessary), but the controls carried out since the beginning of the week do not go in this meaning: the public seems rather to have taken the habit of wearing the mask.

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This was the case on Friday at the E. Leclerc shopping center in Barjouville where Captain Rousseau accompanied a patrol of the Thivars brigade. In front of the entrance to the shopping arcade, Major Christophe Serra explains:
“We will go through all the commercial boxes to check that the signage is in place and that hydroalcoholic gel is available. We will also remind traders that if a customer refuses to wear the mask, they must notify us and we will intervene. “

In one hour of presence in Barjouville, the gendarmes only meet two women without masks who hasten to apologize and take one out of their bag: “We have zapped! “

At the fire safety PC of the E. Leclerc supermarket, as in some stores, officials explain that customers generally respect the instructions. Some sometimes leave it under their noses but quickly get back on the right track, once called to order.

“It’s reassuring to see the gendarmes pass. It shows that they are also watching over us. “

A store manager (E. Leclerc shopping center in Barjouville)

Over the next few weeks, they will be more and more present in shops, but also in night bars, pharmacies, post offices, car dealerships and even in schools.

“In view of the evolution of the epidemic, it is essential to recall good practices”, concludes Major Serra.

Fine. If they do not respect barrier gestures, physical distancing or wearing a mask, offenders may be fined € 135 (reduced to € 90 and increased to € 375). In the event of a repeat offense within two weeks, the fine increases to € 1,500.

Laurence Franceschina

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