While the counter for Paris 2024 is on, the security sector is still far from being ready one year from the Olympic Games. “We are counting on 40,000 agents fully mobilized for the Olympics. This is unheard of,” underlines Sofiane Aboubeker, president of the Association of Security Professions (ADMS).
This lack of staff, the manager explains by several recruitment barriers, starting with the global security law voted in 2021. It now requires a residence permit of at least five years to be able to carry out an activity in private security. . “At times, we had up to 60% of the workforce coming from countries outside the European Union. This poses a real difficulty in terms of recruitment. »
If the private workforce is missing, what would be the consequences during the Paris 2024 Olympics?
For Sofiane Aboubeker, it would be necessary to resort to public force. However, “it is already overmobilized, we saw it with the riots. According to him, certain areas could be neglected by moving these police personnel. “We could see scenes of urban violence resume. It’s a real danger, ”concludes the president of the Association of Security Professions.
The rest of his interview can be found in the video placed at the top of this article.