Garde champêtre
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A garde champêtre (French: lit. rural guard) is the combination of a forest ranger, game warden and code enforcement officer in certain rural communes in France.
Organization
Their job is to report to the local mayor. Many of these officers carry firearms (they commonly face poachers, many of whom are themselves armed) and other weapons. Mayors decide which weapons to provide them with, but gardes champêtres can purchase, retain and carry a much wider range of weapons than the urban police (police municipale) are allowed. They are not under the supervision of the Gendarmerie but under the mayor's, their employer.
History and future development
From 1791 to 1958 it was compulsory for each rural commune to employ a garde champêtre. Since then many formerly rural communes are heavily or totally urbanised and the number in post has been shrinking every year. A draft law in 2014,[1] provided for the integration of the remaining gardes champêtres with the police municipale and the highway control officers (agents de surveillance de la voie publique) into a new police territoriale.
Uniforms and rank insignia
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Their uniforms are not regulated and are at the mayor's discretion; they are traditionally green. The only compulsory element of their dress is a metal badge or cloth patch bearing the words: "LA LOI" (the law), the name of the commune and that of the garde champêtre.[2] They cannot legally wear the dress attributed to the police municipale (navy blue with a light blue trimming).
Insignia (2017-Present)[4] | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Rank (2017-Present) | Garde champêtre chef principal | Garde champêtre chef | ||
English | Senior Chief Rural Warden | Chief Rural Warden | ||
Insignia (2012-2017) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Rank (2012-2017) | Garde champêtre chef principal | Garde champêtre chef | Garde champêtre principal titulaire | Garde champêtre principal stagiaire |
English | Senior Chief Rural Warden | Chief Rural Warden | Rural Warden | Trainee Rural Warden |
Insignia (-2012) | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Rank (-2012) | Garde champêtre chef principal | Garde champêtre chef | Garde champêtre principal | Garde champêtre stagiaire |
English | Senior Chief Rural Warden | Chief Rural Warden | Rural Warden | Trainee Rural Warden |
See also
- Council ranger
References
- ^ "Dossiers législatifs - Proposition de loi visant à créer des polices territoriales et portant dispositions diverses relatives à leur organisation et leur fonctionnement" [Legislative files - Proposal for a law aimed at creating territorial police forces and laying down various provisions relating to their organization and operation]. Legifrance (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Code de la sécurité intérieure - Article R522-1" [Internal Security Code - Article R522-1]. Legifrance (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Décret n°94-731 du 24 août 1994 portant statut particulier du cadre d'emplois des gardes champêtres. Version en vigueur au 02 avril 2021" [Decree No. 94-731 of August 24, 1994 establishing the specific status of the employment framework for rural rangers. Version in force as of April 2, 2021.]. Legifrance (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "Grades des policiers municipaux et cadre d'emploi" [Ranks of municipal police officers and employment framework.]. Police municipale (in French). Retrieved 2021-04-02.
External links
- Website of the federation of French gardes champêtres (in French)
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