According to polls recently published in France, security is the main expectation French voters have of their mayors, regardless of their political affiliation. In Portes-lès-Valence, a town of just over 10,000 inhabitants located in the south-east of France, local elections candidates have made security their central campaign theme.
Two officers from the Portes-lès-Valence local police station set out on their daily patrol. Driving through the town's known hotspots, they pass school gates and certain residential entrances.
