National Police (France)
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The National Police, formerly known as the Sûreté nationale, is one of two national police forces of France, the other being the National Gendarmerie. The National Police is the country's main civil l
Colour guard of the General Directorate of the National Police, 2013 Bastille Day parade, Paris
SP 2022, the present standard issued sidearm of French police officers
Intervention in 2020 of a police team in Courbevoie. Policemen are equipped with tasers.
Heckler & Koch HK416.
RAID (French police unit)
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Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion, commonly abbreviated RAID, is an elite tactical unit of the French National Police. Founded in 1985, it is headquartered in Bièvres, Essonne, approxima
National Police (France)
…and also responsible for the protection of the President of the French Republic through the 'Groupe de Sécurité de la Présidence de la République'. Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence; RAID) The elite counter-terror unit of the National Police and counterpart to the GIGN of the National…
Typical equipment of a RAID police officer, June 2018
French RAID Police tactical unit operators - 2024
Operators of the French Police RAID tactical unit during a demo - 2024