National Police Intervention Group

The Groupes d'intervention de la Police nationale ( GIPN ; French for 'reaction troops of the National Police ') were special units of the French Police nationale that were founded in 1972 in response to the hostage-taking in Munich .

In 2015, the GIPN were transferred to the special RAID unit of the Police nationale, but this initially only affected the locations within France. In the overseas departments of New Caledonia , Réunion and Guadaloupe , the GIPN units initially continued to exist as "GIPN outre-mer" ("GIPN overseas") until they were also incorporated into the RAID in March 2019.

Use and selection process

The range of operations corresponded to that of other special police units such as B. terrorist attacks, mutinies in prisons, hostage-taking , arrest of people classified as extremely dangerous and against acts of extreme violence.

The basic requirement for admission was a minimum period of 5 years in police service, the maximum age for service in the GIPN was 35 years or 38 years for officers. The one-week selection process for applicants took place once a year at the Direction régionale du recrutement et de la formation , in which the applicants had to prove sufficient physical, psychological and technical skills.

Furnishing

The GIPN used the following weapons, among others:

Pistols: Glock 17 and Glock 26
Submachine guns: MP5 from Heckler & Koch
Assault rifles: HK G36 (in the G36C variant) and the SIG 550 in the SIG 551 and SIG 552 versions
Shotguns: Remington 870 , Mossberg 590 and Vepr-12
Sniper rifles: Steyr SSG 69 , PGM Ultima Ratio , Sako TRG
Stun guns of the type X26 TASER

Individual evidence

^ Jean-Pierre Côté: Chauveinc. Marc. Le réseau bibliographique informatisé et l'accès au document. Paris, Les Éditions d'Organisation, 1982. 295 p. (Systèmes d'information et de documentation) . In: Documentation et bibliothèques . tape 29 , no. 1 , 1983, ISSN 0315-2340 , p. 46 , doi : 10.7202 / 1053650ar .
↑ ^a ^b Information from the GIPN on an unofficial page about the special unit RAID.

[:0-1] Jean-Pierre Côté: Chauveinc. Marc. Le réseau bibliographique informatisé et l'accès au document. Paris, Les Éditions d'Organisation, 1982. 295 p. (Systèmes d'information et de documentation) . In: Documentation et bibliothèques . tape 29 , no. 1 , 1983, ISSN 0315-2340 , p. 46 , doi : 10.7202 / 1053650ar .

[RAID-GIPN-2] Information from the GIPN on an unofficial page about the special unit RAID.