90' Investigations - Alcohol, reckless drivers, gangs of thieves: the gendarmes of Brittany on all fronts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadcast on NT1 on Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 11:43 p.m. - Duration: 2 h 41 Dinan, Saint-Brieuc, Paimpol… Brittany, a destination that smells of sea spray and vacations. With its picture-postcard landscapes and its small villages with charming gray houses. But the region hides a much darker side. Thefts, assaults, trafficking of all kinds and road violence. The 4 Breton departments are not spared from delinquency and crime. To deal with it, more than 6,000 gendarmes are mobilized 24/7. There are of course, the men in uniform confronted with excesses of all kinds: violence, increasing road insecurity and especially alcohol-related dramas. But we were also able to follow much more discreet and formidably efficient police officers: the investigators of the Research Brigade, a unit that rarely opens its doors and deals with the most sensitive cases. For a year, we shared their daily lives. You will discover Mathieu, a 35-year-old squadron leader, who must face a formidable gang of thieves. Highly organized criminals, from the Paris region, who organize "raids" in Brittany to steal the bank cards of elderly people and rob their bank accounts. Sébastien, 43, will be confronted with one of the worst scourges in the region: drunk driving. With its share of totally irresponsible behavior, accidents and hit-and-runs. Nolwenn, one of the investigators of the Research Brigade, will try to get her hands on a man suspected of sexual assault and theft. To do this, she will have to conduct her investigations within a community that is difficult to approach: the traveling people. But one of the number one scourges in Brittany remains road insecurity, with a worrying increase in fatal accidents: up 15% last year. It must be said that the region is crossed by one of the densest networks of national and departmental roads in the country. So the police are relentlessly tracking down reckless drivers... Alcohol, speed or drugs, faced with inflexible police officers, some behavior can sometimes be surprising... And some missions are also rather surprising. Because the "men in blue" closely monitor very common events in the region: clandestine rave parties that sometimes give rise to all sorts of excesses. This time, they will have to deal with one of the biggest gatherings of the year: 5,000 participants over two days. From Guingamp to Rennes, via Dinan and Saint-Brieuc, gendarmes on all fronts... who will help you discover another side of Brittany!