Saint-Herblain

1. General Information :

Saint-Herblain is a French commune in the western suburb of Nantes, located in the Loire-Atlantique department and in the Pays de la Loire Region. It is the third municipality of the department with a population of 43 177 inhabitants in 2008. The people who live there are known as the Herblinois.

Population: 43 177 inhabitants

Location: France

Official website

Safety contract: The city of Saint-Herblain signed an inter-communal safety and crime prevention contract for 1998-2007. A communal local safety contract is being drawn up at present.

Twinned with: Saint-Ingbert (Germany) since 1981, Waterford (Ireland) since 1986, Viladecans (Spain) since 1991, Ndiaganiao (Senegal), Kazanlak (Bulgaria) since 2008

The city also has a Friendship Pact with: Bethlehem (Palestine)

The city sponsors: Cleja (Romania)

2. The City in our Network :

The City and Efus

Member since 2000

Participated in:

  • Working group “SURVEILLE” regarding surveillance technologies, 2013
  • Efus international conference, Sécurité, démocratie et villes: Le futur de la prévention. Aubervilliers et Saint Denis, 2012
  • Partner on the project “Citizens, Cities and Video-Surveillance“, 2009 – 2010
  • European exchange project Dobrich (Bulgaria) – Saint-Herblain, 2009 – 2010

Attended:

  • General Assembly, Toulouse, France, 25 June 2009
  • Conference “Cities facing urban violence“, Toulouse, 26 June 2009-10-20
  • Conference”1983-2008, is security still everyone’s concern?, Efus and FFSU, 5 December 2008

The city and the National Forum (FFSU)

Member since : 2000

President of the French Forum until : 2013

Member of the FFSU office since May : 2007

Member of the Executive Committee since : 2002

Supported:

  • Drafting of a local strategic plan for prevention, 2011

Hosted:

  • Local meetings “The security of goods and people in public places: areas of responsibility, careers and training”, in partnership with the National Centre for Local Government Services (CNFPT, according to its French acronym), Saint-Herblain, 2010

Participated in:

Attended:

  • Public Square, Saint-Herblain, 2010
  • Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate with the French Organisation for Reducing the Risks linked to Drug Use: Presentation, “Project and Future Collaboration with the FFSU”, FFSU, 10 November 2010
  • Crime Prevention Award ceremony 2010 for “safe housing conditions in safe neighbourhoods through local mediation, the local police and making housing safe“, Paris, 27 October 2010
  • Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “The Charter for a Democratic Use of Video-surveillance”, FFSU, 29 September 2010
  • FFSU General Assembly and Conference “Nearing the end of local safety contracts? From March 5 2007 to the law LOPPSI 2, what is the future of crime prevention?”, Lille, 23 June 2010
  • Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on the presentation of the Bockel report “Preventing juvenile delinquency: the problem of tomorrow”, FFSU 5 May 2010
  • Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “The Dangers of New Technology”, FFSU, 24 March 2010
  • Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Drug Use: Portugal’s Experience of Decriminalisation”, FFSU, 10 February 2010
  • Conference on “Mental Health, Security and Freedoms“, Paris, 1 February 2010
  • Crime Prevention Award ceremony 2009 “Children and Teenagers:  victims and perpetrators of violence at school, on the internet and in gangs“, 28 October 2009
  • Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “The challenges posed by the national plan to relaunch crime prevention”, FFSU, 30 September 2009
  • FFSU General Assembly, Toulouse, 25 June 2009
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “The Phenomenon of Gangs”, FFSU, 13 May 2009
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Mediation and Access to the Law”, FFSU, 25 March 2009
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Elected Officials and Mental Health”, FFSU, 11 February 2009
  • Conference on “Children and Adolescents: are they all minors?” concerning the review of the Juvenile Justice System, FFSU 10 February 2009
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “The Presentation of the National Institute of Higher Education Studies in Security, INHES”, FFSU, 10 December 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “The International Centre’s guide to preventing crime as regards public disturbances linked to prostitution and drugs”, FFSU, 1 October 2008
  • FFSU General Assembly, Paris, 25 June 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Prisoners’ access to human rights”, FFSU, 21 May 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Suburban hope”, FFSU, 2 April 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Information, Security and Freedoms”, FFSU, 30 January 2008
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Studying public security”, FFSU, 19 December 2007
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Social intervention of the Commission and the Police”, FFSU, 19 September 2007
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Minimum sentences and reoffending of minors”, FFSU, 27 June 2007
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Minimum sentences and reoffending of minors”, FFSU, 27 June 2006
  • FFSU General Assembly, Saint-Denis, 30 May 2006
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “The outcome and future of victimisation studies”, FFSU, 14 March 2006
  • Lunch-debate on “What partnership between specialised prevention and locally elected officials is emerging in the new legislative framework?”, FFSU, 31 January 2006
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Preventing violence in amateur football”, FFSU, 7 December 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Safety in rural areas”, FFSU, 5 October 2005
  • Video-Surveillance Day: Conference on the “Evaluation of CCTV throughout Europe“, Paris, September 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and Lunch debate on “Urbanism and security”, FFSU, 25 May 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “Night-time guardians: what skills, status, funding and obstacles?”, FFSU, 27 April 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on “How much progress has been made towards prevention?”, FFSU, 16 March 2005
  • Conference “Urban renewal and security“, Nancy, 26-27 January 2006
  • FFSU General Assembly and Conference on “Night-time security professions“, Rennes, 21 June 2005
  • FFSU Executive Committee meeting and lunch-debate on the national programme “24 priority neighbourhoods” for crime prevention, FFSU, 15 December 2004
  • FFSU General Assembly, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 22 June 2004

3. Project Files (Best practice forms) :

4. Further information :

News from the city

  • The city of Saint-Herblain was a partner of the Project CCTV. At the end of the project, the city was the first French city to sign the European Charter for a democratic use of CCTV (http://www.cctvcharter.eu/).
  • The Mayor-Senator Charles Gautier has been a member of the “Board of Directors of the National Crime Monitoring Centre” since 15 October 2008. He was also a member of the National Commission on CCTV (CNV) and an elected member of the Board of Directors of CNFPT, in charge of security training courses.

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