The Vaucluse gendarmes have just carried out a large-scale exercise at the Capitole My Cinewest multiplex located in the Pontet commercial area. Carried out on the theme of a mass killing with hostage taking, this life-size exercise was held this Thursday, October 17 early in the morning before the opening of the cinema.
The operation mobilized around a hundred men, including those from the Avignon PSIG (Gendarmerie Surveillance and Intervention Platoon) as well as those from the GIGN (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group) branch. of Orange.
“The missions worked on during this exercise were multiple,” explains the Vaucluse gendarmerie: the reaction of the newly arrived soldiers, the increase in power of the system, the articulation between the intervention forces, the reaction to an attack. hostages and coordination with emergency services, particularly during the victim evacuation phase. »
