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
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
GIGN
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The GIGN is the elite tactical unit of the French National Gendarmerie. Among its missions are counterterrorism, hostage rescue, surveillance of national threats, protection of government officials, c
RAID (French police unit)
…in Bièvres, Essonne, approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of Paris. RAID is the National Police counterpart of the National Gendarmerie's GIGN. Both units share responsibility for the French territory. Since 2009, RAID and the Paris Search and Intervention Brigade (BRI), a separate National…
Intervention Force demo
Security & Protection Force demo
Boarding of the Pascal Paoli by GIGN, on 28 September 2005. The ship had been occupied by the Corsican trade union STC.
A GIGN Security & Protection Force team extracting via helicopter during a demo in 2021