The Cazeneuve plan to end the rivalries between the police and the gendarmerie – Le Figaro

Minister of the Interior to unveil on Tuesday a new intervention scheme in case of mass murder, which must better coordinate the action of the elite units of the GIGN, Raid and BIS.

Stopping rivalries to enable a more rapid response to a terrorist attack. This is the goal of Bernard Cazeneuve, Minister of Interior, unveiling on Tuesday a new “action plan ‘to coordinate the action of the elite units of the police, the GIGN (National Gendarmerie) the Raid (national Police) and the BIS (research and intervention Brigade). This scheme, highly anticipated, was worked hard in recent weeks by the respective directions of law enforcement. Everything was done according to sources in these directions, “not to offend the sensibilities” and “silence a ‘war policies” smoldering since the November attacks.

The minister said he would “fix the implantation places” elite units, without more details. According to sources, it is primarily to defy traditional boundaries between police and gendarmes, traditionally the first speaker in urban areas, the latter in rural or semi-urban areas. The GIGN has some 400 members, like Raid, and the BIS a hundred men. In the evening, the three forces will engage in a joint exercise scale – and unprecedented – to the Montparnasse station in Paris

Bernard Cazeneuve, the priority is to enable a rapid response.. “The time factor is crucial to limit the number of victims,” ​​says Céline Berthon, General Secretary of the National Union of Police Commissioners, on France Info. “Once the units learn about themselves (…), which was probably the points of tension will rise.” The elite units must be located twenty minutes maximum distance of any point the territory in case of severe attack or crisis, as revealed in Le Figaro in the month of February. If the gendarmes of the GIGN and police officers of the Raid and the BIS have worked together during the attacks in January 2015, each within its jurisdiction, the first has been absent on November 13 occurred in the Paris region alone. GIGN and said he was yet there, in reserve, to the dismay of the police has also faced criticism for his assault of Saint-Denis on 18 November, which was entrenched Abdelhamid Abaaoud, one killings organizers. Fury of the Minister of the Interior in January, facing this new “policy war” slice “there are two law enforcement” and “A Minister of the Interior” to decide. Silence in the ranks.

As announced in January, four new regional branches of the GIGN should be born in Nantes, Tours, Reims and Mayotte, in addition to those that exist in Dijon, Orange and Toulouse. There could be a new antenna for the Raid Montpellier, which would be added to those of Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Rennes and Strasbourg. Proof that not everything is simple: in Toulouse, where there is the GIGN, should also be created an antenna Raid

“first responders” have also received new equipment and weapons such. assault rifles. During the attacks in November, police in the BAC arrived first at the Bataclan and fired at the terrorists.