The “Petite Camargue Costières” mobile territorial gendarmerie brigade was inaugurated this Thursday, November 7. It is one of 238 created throughout the country.
In the first days of 2022, the President of the Republic announced the creation of new mobile territorial gendarmerie brigades in rural or peri-urban areas. In the Gard, this resulted in the creation of the BTM of “Petite Camargue Costières” which was officially inaugurated on Thursday November 7 in the Aimargues arenas.
The inauguration took place in the Aimargues arenas. (Photo F.P)
Six people, five men and one woman, make up this brigade which will be led by Chief Warrant Officer Bellamy, placed under the authority of Commander Léa Pernelle, commanding Vauvert's company. This brigade, whose support point will be the Aimargues gendarmerie, will cover thirty-seven communes of the Vauvert company and ten of the Nîmes company.
Jérôme Bonet, prefect of Gard: “A direct response to the challenges of the territory.” (Photo Charly Abed, Gard prefecture)
“It is the realization in Gard of the State's response to the needs of the population, a direct response to the challenges of the territory and a renewal of the bond of trust to reaffirm the presence of the Republic throughout the Gard territory “, said Jérôme Bonet, the prefect of Gard.
Two others in Gard
Mobile as its name indicates, the BTM, which benefits from its own means of travel (two vehicles and six electric flights) will have its own missions close to the population, from which it will be able to collect complaints in particular while traveling, but it will also support other brigades in the territory depending on needs.
At the time of the inauguration. From left. to right. : Jean-Paul Franc, mayor of Aimargues; Colonel Emmanuel Casso, commanding the Gard gendarmerie group; Jérôme Bonet, prefect of Gard; Laurent Burgoa, senator from Gard; Cécile Gensac, public prosecutor of Nîmes. (Photo CA)
At the start of the 2000s, five hundred brigades had been abolished. There, 238 brigades and 2,100 posts will be created throughout the territory. These creations constitute the main measure of the Ministry of the Interior's orientation and programming law of January 24, 2023, which devotes a budgetary effort of 15 billion euros over five years.
The Petite Camargue Costières mobile territorial brigade is the first of three to be created in Gard. The other two should be in Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort and Saint-Jean-du-Gard.
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