Monday October 14, in the morning in the purest tradition of the gendarmerie, Stéphane You, commander of the road safety squadron (EDSR) of Montpellier entrusted command of the motorized platoon (PMo) of Clermont-l’Hérault to lieutenant Samuel Blachon , recently transferred.
A passage through Lodève
General Thomas Deprecq, commanding the Hérault gendarmerie group, was keen, through his presence, to affirm his satisfaction at having such an EDSR under his command. “It was important to come today to say it, you are remarkable and I congratulate Major Christophe Antoine who ensured a long interim command of this PMo.”
The ceremony was held in the presence of senators Henri Cabanel, Christian Bilhac, elected officials from the territory and friends. At 42 years old, Samuel Blachon has already visited the gendarmerie and the region. He began his career at the non-commissioned officer school in Montluçon, then was assigned to mobile in Marseille. The motorcycle riding training course allowed him to join the Albertville motorcycle brigade, then the Valence motorway platoon in Drome, followed by the position of assistant to the Lodève motorcycle brigade. His success in the officer competition led him to command the community of brigades of Roquemaure and Rochefort-du-Gard (30).
Coming from a family of three children, he is the only heir to this family tradition of gendarmerie bikers. Henri, his grandfather, was stationed in the mixed brigade of Bessèges (30), his father Claude finished in the motorcycle brigade of Alès while his uncle was in an equivalent unit in Agde. “Today, the perfect alignment of the planets fills me. I am joining the command of a unit in sunny Languedoc, in my specialty as a motorcyclist and in a territory that is not foreign to me after my three years in Lodève. The pleasure of working in a region where many come on vacation”summarizes the officer, originally from Gard.
Samuel Blachon is also a sportsman, a triathlon specialist within the army, he finished the 26 km Salagou trail last weekend in 2 hours 38 minutes.
Barely arrived and already at work on the handlebars of a motorcycle with the arrest of a driver of an Audi traveling at 232 km/h on the A750 in Gignac. The Clermont-l’Hérault motorized platoon, competent in all areas in the department, has 32 soldiers, covering as a priority the 200 km of the A75 and A750 motorways, from Caylar to Béziers and Montpellier.
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