During the meeting with the elected officials Monday afternoon in the prefecture, the prefect of Saint-Martin agreed that "the presence of the State and public services should be reinforced in Quartier d'Orléans" and among which those of the gendarmerie.
Serge Gouteyron confided to having negotiated with the general direction of the gendarmerie to obtain the transfer of the brigade from Hope Estate to Quartier d'Orléans. In other words, the return to the situation before Irma. No further details have been given yet.
Before September 2017, the gendarmerie was indeed present in this sector of the territory but all the premises were destroyed by the passage of Hurricane Irma; the buildings had been visited by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe when he came to the island in November 2017.
Then, a reflection was initiated on the need or not to rebuild a brigade in Quartier d'Orléans or to install one on Grand Case / Hope Estate. the second option was chosen and the Esperance brigade opened in September 2019 at Hope Estate. (soualigapost.com)
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