Honoring a campaign promise from the last presidential election, Emmanuel Macron unveiled on Monday October 2 the map of 238 new gendarmerie brigades. On the occasion of the inauguration of a new gendarmerie barracks in Tonneins (Lot-et-Garonne), the Head of State praised the commitment of the police, alongside the director general of the gendarmerie, Christian Rodriguez, and the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.
Of the 238 brigades created in each department and overseas, a number greater than the initial promise, 93 will be fixed while 145 will be “mobile”, capable of moving to rural or peri-urban localities. “This reinvestment is historic,” assured the Head of State in Tonneins, affirming that he wanted to restore the presence of law enforcement “on the ground”.
In total, these creations represent 2,144 additional gendarmerie positions, out of the 8,500 creations of law enforcement personnel announced by the government between now and the end of Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term. To select the sites concerned by the new brigades, “economic, demographic and operational” criteria (delinquency, burglary, intra-family violence, etc.) were taken into account, the Elysée specified in response to the speech of the head of the ‘State.
The announcements made this Monday come in a context marked by the riots which followed the death of Nahel M., killed during a police check in Nanterre on June 27.
The President of the Republic had promised the creation of these new brigades from January 2022. He had also announced an increase of 15 billion euros for the budget of the Ministry of the Interior and a doubling of the presence of security forces on the public road over ten years.
These commitments were included in the orientation and planning law of the Ministry of the Interior, which promises this increase in credits over five years (2023-2027), even if it must be confirmed in the debated state budgets. every year. Other measures must be presented on October 9 during the interministerial committee of cities.
Adopted by Parliament in December 2022, this text aims to prepare law enforcement for changing threats, but also to meet the needs for the 2024 Olympic Games.