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MARITIME GENDARMERIE 1791 - 1970 A specialized military police adapted to the maritime world Positioned for the benefit of the French navy Chief of Staff MARITIME GENDARMERIE - A specialized military police adapted to the maritime world - Positioned for the benefit of the French navy Chief of Staff GENERAL LAYOUT Historical overview Organization Missions Assets Units Personnel / staff Training International issues HISTORICAL OVERVIEW HISTORICAL OVERVIEW First mention in 1340 during the battle of the Écluse In 1648 Colbert issued a government decree organizing the provosts and archers of the Navy. “They will ride their horses along the coasts and in the ports of our seas, clear and protect thereof from burglars and pirates, will pursue the naval forces deserters and will prosecute them, with a power of justice control for the execution of the judgements and commissions issued by the Navy.” In 1970 the French maritime gendarmerie becomes a specialized component of the national gendarmerie positioned for the benefit of the French navy Chief of Staff (Reasserted in the 2009 law related to the gendarmerie). 1974: First patrol boats 1986: PATRAS (fast patrol boats) 1991: Transfer of the DG patrol crafts 1997: PCG (Gend. coastal patrol boats) 2003: VCSM (coastal patrol crafts) PGNG (project of new generation patrol boats) ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION MIOMCTI (Ministry of Interior, overseas, Ministry of Defence local authorities and immigration) Chief of Defence Staff Directorate General of the National Gendarmerie Chief of Navy Staff Command Command Maritime of the of the Prefect of the of the Maritime Gendarmerie maritime area Division of Research Squad of Paris National Instruction Groupings Overseas Units Centre Command of the maritime gendarmerie (Headquarters) in Houilles ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Squad of Paris COMGENDMAR National Headquarters Instruction Centre Grouping of Division of the English Channel Grouping Grouping of Division of the English Channel Grouping the Mediterranean Research and the North Sea of the Atlantic Detachment Patrol boat ATHOS Patrol boat GERANUM Patrol boat of Cherbourg Patrol boat ATHOS Patrol boat GERANUM JONQUILLE Detachment Patrol boat Detachment Patrol boat Company of Company of Toulon of Brest ARAMIS Brest and area Detachment Company of Le Havre Company of Company of Marseille of Toulon Ile Longue Company of Cherbourg Company of Lorient COASTAL ORGANIZATION METROPOLIS ONSHORE UNITS grouping of the English Channel and the North Sea grouping of the Atlantic grouping of the Mediterranean METROPOLIS NAVIGATING UNITS grouping of the English Channel and the North Sea grouping of the Atlantic grouping of the Mediterranean OVERSEAS Territorial Brigade Patrol craft nautical Brigade 3 N miles River Brigade EFR BSL 6 N miles (Littoral Surveillance Brigade) VSMP PSMP 12 N miles (Port and Maritime Security Platoon) VCSM Vedettes côtières 20 N miles (Coastal patrol crafts) NAVAL-AIR FORCES PCG Patrouilleurs (Patrol boats) 200 N miles Signal station SEMAPHORE SEA / LAND Task Forces FORFUSCO LAND / SEA CONTINUUM GM FAG MISSIONS A WIDE RANGE OF MISSIONS 11 million square kilometers of maritime spaces Port and maritime security State Action at Sea Security Protection Maritime defense Judicial missions MISSIONS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE FRENCH NAVY Maritime surveillance and security Protection Administrative and judicial police Intelligence STATE ACTION AT SEA MISSIONS Safety of ships Protection of persons and property Maritime security Protection of the environment Fisheries policing Surveillance of maritime approaches / G20 - Nice SURVEILLANCE OF MARITIME APPROACHES 519305 hours of general surveillance including 96 % of maritime surveillance 3245 days at sea for 30 navigating units 10231 infrigements Figures given for 2016 FISHERIES POLICING - Metropolis Navigating units and littoral surveillance brigades 2118 controls onshore 1448 controls at sea 1149 infrigements Figures given for 2016 FISHERIES POLICING in Guiana 59 infrigement proceedings in fisheries policing by the maritime gendarmerie VCSM Organabo Mahury Figures given for 2016 FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT TRAFFICKING BY SEA Drug trafficking in Guadeloupe FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL MIGRANTS BY SEA Mayotte Island Arrests of illegal migrants: 1580 by the maritime gendarmerie unit – VCSM Odet Diversion of Kwassa (dhows): 136 by the maritime gendarmerie unit – VCSM Odet Figures given for 2016 PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT JUDICIAL POLICE Maritime world – State Action at Sea – Military field AF 447 Aircraft Crash Maritime piracy Tribal Kat Nice wholesalers- Trafficking Mirage 2000 aircraft crash Homicide Lorient (56) Costa Concordia Co-referral : air gendarmerie PORT AND MARITIME SECURITY - 3758 ships targeted - 2824 ships escorted - 433 IP security appraisals - 1303 controls on board ships Figures given for 2016 ASSETS 6 Patrol boats GERANIUM and VIOLETTE ATHOS and ARAMIS JASMIN and JONQUILLE 24 twenty meter-long maritime surveillance coastal patrol crafts 8 twelve meter-long inshore patrol crafts 10 inflatable dinghies Littoral Surveillance Brigades Inland waterways UNITS 10 Littoral Surveillance Brigades (BSL) •- Boulogne sur mer (2009) - Caen (2011) - Cherbourg - Brest - Lorient - Rochefort - Lège-Cap-Ferret (2006) - Port-la-Nouvelle (2004) - Marseille (2010) - Toulon •- Bretagne north (project) Naval bases units Metropolis ● Brest ● Toulon ● Ile Longue (ALFOST) ● Landivisiau ● Lanvéoc-Poulmic BAN - ALAVIA ● Lann-Bihoué ● Hyères Overseas ● Nouméa ● Papeete BN Port and Maritime Security Platoons (PSMP) ●- Le Havre (2006) ●- Port de Bouc (2009) ●- Marseille (2010) ● ● ● ●Project: ● ●- Montoir de Bretagne ●- Dunkerque Military Port and Maritime Security Platoons ● Cherbourg (2013) ● Brest (2013) ● Toulon (2013) Division of Research ● SR Houilles (command) ● Detachment of Cherbourg ● Detachment of Brest ● Detachment of Toulon PERSONNEL / STAFF PERSONNEL / STAFF 1094 soldiers - 243 navigating personnel - 50 % of judicial police officers - 41 sailors from the French navy embarked as ENGINEERS Skills of the gendarmerie and of the navy 1094 members of personnel 500 Officers 450 Non-Commissioned Officers 400 350 Gendarmes 300 Volunteer gendarme assistants Administrative and Technical 250 476 Support Corps 200 380 150 100 149 50 55 34 0 Personnel onshore embarked 800 70 700 60 600 50 500 40 400 30 300 20 200 10 100 796 216 13 69 0 0 Metropolis Off Metropolis TRAINING Training in the maritime gendarmerie •- in the instruction centres of the gendarmerie, CNFPJ and CNFM in Fontainebleau, CNING Antibes, CNFLIG in Rochefort. •- in the instruction centres of the navy, Naval Instruction Centre and diving school in St Mandrier, navigation and maneouver instruction centre in Lanvéoc. •- in the National Maritime Gendarmerie Instruction Centre (CNIGM) in Toulon. •- in universities. •- in joint forces instruction centres, CFIAR in Strasbourg, CFD in Bourges. SKILLS Common basics for any maritime gendarme (OPJ/APJ/APJA): ✔ Policing at sea 1st level ✔ PSMP : Port and Maritime Security training course ✔ Research units: Judicial policing at sea ✔ Littoral Surveillance Brigades / navigating units: fisheries policing training course ✔ Prerequisites: ✔ Pilot of the gendarmerie boats (PSMP/BSL) ✔ Pilot of the gendarmerie light crafts (all units) Personnel onshore Personnel embarked ➢ Motorcyclist ➢ All-terrain motorcyclist ➢ Navigator ➢ All training courses dealing with Research ➢ Engineer ➢ FREE, FRAD, FRTI, NTECH, RENS, ➢ Electrotechnician TIC,COCRIM, DEFI, ANACRIM, PEG, MIP ➢ Ship's diver ➢ Maritime transport ➢ CSFM engineer ➢ Reconedex ➢ TIS ➢ Dog handlers ➢ Ship pictures ➢ TIS Skills layout NTECH 2 COCRIM 1 DEFI 6 OPJ 427 ANACRIM 4 Cynophile 11 TIS 14 RENS 43 28 APJA 123 MIP CFIAR 28 RECONEDEX 65 APJ 392 TIC 6 Plongeur 77 Electro-technicien 40 Motocycliste 42 Mécanicien 66 Navigateur 121 PEG 265 Police en mer 599 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Duration of the training courses (in month) 40 35 30 25 Chef ENERG Engineering officer 20 BS Advanced training certificate 36 4 15 BAT Certificate of technical competency 10 8 14 5 7 6 0 OPJ Chef de quart Mécanicien BAT ELEC Judicial police officer Officer of the Deck Engineer Electrician INTERNATIONAL ISSUES French Navy - Replacement of the nautical assets - Equipment programms (supply department) Maritime - Port security Gendarmerie - Port security tts E Gendarmerie - Fisheries jjec xpe - Groupings - NARCOPS doctrine ro // rttiis - Division of Research - NARCOPS doctrine n p UR T e//A - Division of Research - Coast-guard functions / A.E.M. ea SU raiin ud - National instruction centre rop OR R niing iitt - Organization of the units ur B SU - Overseas units - Personnel E AR O M UR DACG SGMER - NRBC E Naut. safety Joint ministerial - Use of the assets Guide forces Illegal migrants - Diving doctrine at sea Piracy C - Management control Masterplan AEM oo - Protection audit Sharing bb oo International - Protection audit Blue Book iil pp laa LL éé Surveillance projects tt éé rr OO aa - Italy rr P aa tt P ii -Belgium l oo -Belgium AA DPMA le SGDSN e nn s - Spain UU G s - Spain Fisheries e end ss l Port Security QQ a a - South Africa n r AA o m i U - Katar t G S e - Yemen r - Yemen a R E i O e - ... N - ... EMA N SGAE e a XX n ASSETS t GIS Frontex MSBS i MSBS i E r E o a M n TT a l e NN OO RR MEEDEM FF Ships security ELYSEE Union for the S Ports security Union for the C Mediterranean National gendarmerie H GISTMOP IMINIDCO e E IMINIDCO tth n r a - NRBC V Illegal migrants or e A ffo
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