Vatican City Gendarmerie Corps

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Vatican cityVatican Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano
Supervisory authority (s) Direzione dei Servizi di Sicurezza e Protezione Civile
(Directorate for Security and Civil Protection)
Consist since February 12, 1971
Headquarters Palazzo del Tribunale
Piazza Santa Marta
00120 Città del Vaticano
Authority management Inspector General
Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti
Deputy Inspector
Raoul Bonarelli
Kaplan
Giulio Viviani
Employee 130
Website here

The gendarmerie corps of the Vatican City ( Italian : Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano ), usually just called Gendarmeria Vaticana ("Vatican Police"), exercises the functions of a state , judiciary - and in the Vatican State and in the extraterritorial areas of the Holy See Traffic Police and reports to the Directorate for Security and Civil Protection ( Direzione dei Servizi di Sicurezza e Protezione Civile ). The corps is not identical to the Swiss Guard , which forms the unofficial army of the Vatican State.

history

A gendarmeria police car
Gendarme in summer uniform

The gendarmerie corps of the Vatican City, today between 130 and 150 men , emerged from the old papal gendarmerie, which was founded on July 14th, 1816 by Pope Pius VII . The Papal Gendarmerie was founded in 1970 by Pope Paul VI. into a civilian police unit - the "Vigilanza" (Corpo di Vigilanza dello Stato della Città del Vaticano) - converted, the Nobel Guard and the Palating Guard were dissolved at that time. In 2002, the Vigilanza was renamed Gendarmerie Corps by John Paul II . On September 30, 2007, the gendarmes were sworn in for the first time since 1970 . In 2008, two special units were set up within the gendarmerie corps, a “rapid reaction force” (GIR: “Gruppo Intervento Rapido”) and an “anti-sabotage department”, which are supposed to counter the increased terrorist threats. Also in 2008 the gendarmerie corps of the Vatican City - and thus the Vatican State - became the 187th member of Interpol .

Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti has been the Inspector General of the Gendarmerie Corps since 2019, replacing Domenico Giani .

tasks

Official tasks of the corps since the entry into force of Law No. CCCLXXXIV on January 2, 2002:

  • the maintenance of order and security
  • Police service
  • Customs service
  • Legal and tax supervision
  • Maintaining the safety of all people and places on the national territory
  • Prosecuting Violations of the Law

Web links

Commons : Vatican City Gendarmerie Corps  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ vaticanstate.va
  2. ↑ a b c The Gendarmerie Corps. Uffici di Presidenza SCV, accessed March 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Who Protects the Holy Father? Kath.net , March 10, 2008, accessed December 31, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Vatican receives "rapid reaction force" to counter terrorism. June 9, 2008, accessed December 31, 2010 .