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Côte-d'Or: a new training centre for the gendarmerie
OPENING CEREMONY. A new National Gendarmerie training centre was officially opened on Saturday in Neuilly-les-Dijon, in the Côte-d’Or. This training camp has been set up on the site of the former base…
Montpellier: a municipal policewoman assaulted
VIOLENCE. A municipal police officer from the City of Montpellier was assaulted on Saturday evening, following the Ligue 1 football match between MHSC and En Avant de…
Marseille: a father and his two children swept away by a wave
The four-year-old girl swept away by a wave in Marseille died in hospital during the night between Saturday and Sunday. Her eight-year-old sister is still…
Hérault: a gendarme suspected of fraud
According to information revealed exclusively by our colleagues at *Le Métropolitain*, a gendarmerie adjutant posted to a brigade attached to the Castelnau-le-Lez company, near Montpellier,…
Fatal shooting with a Flash-Ball: Marseille police officer sentenced
A 39-year-old police officer who had fatally injured a resident of a shelter in the northern districts of Marseille on 12 December 2010 was sentenced by the court…
Perpignan: police chief relieved of his duties
CONTROVERSY. Divisional Commissioner Yannick Janas, who was the Departmental Director of Public Security for the Pyrénées-Orientales (DDSP 66) and had been based in Perpignan for around two years, has been relieved of his duties…
Hérault: a CODIS 34 operator guides a witness and saves a life
FIRST AID. It was a real race against time – and against death too – that unfolded on Thursday afternoon in the Hérault, where a motorcyclist, seriously injured on the RD…
Béziers: a police officer injured in an underground car park
BREAKING NEWS. A police officer from the Public Security unit at Béziers police station was injured on Wednesday shortly after 11 pm in the underground car park of a housing estate in…
New measures to address the unease felt by police officers
Speaking in Chartres on Monday, François Hollande called on his successor to continue the recruitment drive carried out during his five-year term. Now in the final stretch of his five-year term, François Hollande does not…
Public Security Act: strengthening protection for the security forces
The Public Security Act has been published today in the Official Journal. According to Bruno LE ROUX, Minister for the Interior, “this Act is a response to the challenges faced by…
Emergency calls: will 112 become the single emergency number?
FRANCE INFO. Ahead of the presidential election, the National Federation of French Firefighters (FNSPF) has put forward 32 proposals for “concrete measures” to all the candidates. It is calling for more recruitment…
Chammal: in the shoes of an intelligence officer on an overseas mission
Lieutenant Pauline, aged 28, joined the Air Force seven years ago and has been deployed on five overseas operations (OPEX). She is an intelligence officer…
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