Many gendarmes with specialized operational tools were immediately engaged for the crash of the GermanWings A320 in the Alps. On March 24th, 2015, at 10.51 am, the disappearance of an A320 plane was signaled at the Operations Center of the Air Transport Gendarmerie. A helicopter of the Gendarmerie Air squadron of Digne-les-Bains (Alpes de Haute-Provence), [...]
In the evening of January 5th, 2015, the world’s attention turned to Doha that dazzled everyone with an opening ceremony described as unique. While everyone was enjoying the event, there was a group of men, working in the shade, both within the hall or outside the ceremony, or even on the road, performing their important [...]
The annual meeting between the French Gendarmerie Maritime and the Spanish Fiscal and Borders Command of the Guardia Civil took place at the Guardia Civil Headquarters in Madrid on February 17th and 18th, 2015. The French delegation, headed by Brigadier General Isabelle Guion de Meritens, Commander of the Gendarmerie Maritime, was welcomed by Brigadier [...]
In addition to the 2015 FIEP focus on the challenges of digital transformation, general Favier, general director of the gendarmerie nationale and FIEP president, proposed to launch some additional works on deontology and ethic issues. Indeed, in addition to the fundamental values deriving from each of the FIEP countries' specific constitutional [...]
As of 16th January 2015 the hand-over ceremony between outgoing and incoming General Commanders of the Italian Carabinieri, respectively Lt.Gen. Leonardo Gallitelli and Lt.Gen. Tullio Del Sette (see his CV here), took place in Rome at the "Orlando de Tommaso" barracks, the oldest Carabinieri School, where the Carabinieri War Flag is placed. In the [...]
From the 19th to the 22nd of January, the FIEP was invited for the first time to the yearly International forum on cyber-security (FIC) in Lille (France). This event, in accordance with the 2015 FIEP focus on the challenges of digital transformation, gathered the FIEP forces' general directors and commanders or their representatives, the new technologies and [...]
On the occasion of next FIEP commission on new technologies, the participants will also attend the International Forum on Cybersecurity (FIC), which takes place in Lille on the 20th and 21st of January, 2015. For more information about the FIC: http://www.forum-fic.com/2015/
The last edition of the Gendarmerie nationale institutional magazine "La revue de la Gendarmerie" with an article on the cybersecurity and the FIC is available at : http://www.calameo.com/read/0027192922937f04188cf
During the FIEP Summit in Vicenza on the 26th of September 2014, it was decided to focus the works of the association for the next 12 months on “the challenges of digital transformation”. This theme could be dealt with along different aspects, including: - contacts and exchanges with the population through the Internet and [...]
