The Minister of the Interior announced in the Sunday newspaper that he wanted “launch 3,000 green gendarme posts” for “improve the work of forensic investigation“in cases of environmental damage such as arson. Gérald Darmanin recalls that since the beginning of the summer, 26 suspected arsonists have been arrested while there are currently”between 80 and 120 fire starts per day” in France.
At least one “green” policeman per brigade
“The objective is that, in each gendarmerie brigade, there are gendarmes trained in attacks on ecology. It will be a revolution“. These soldiers will therefore be trained, specialized and will come to support their colleagues from the Central Office for the fight against attacks on the environment and public health seized for example on the fire of Landiras in Gironde. This antenna of the gendarmerie created in 2004, intervenes on a broad spectrum: animal trafficking, doping products, maritime pollution…