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West Indies: the new strategy of the police in the face of riots

2021-11-30T19:55:15.031Z


STORY - Reinforcements, helicopter, deployment of the GIGN, chain of command, armored vehicles: gendarmes and police have reorganized.


While the government is pursuing a standoff with an uncertain outcome with trade unionists and elected officials so far very devious, the police forces deployed in the West Indies are trying to restore calm with the patience of a deminer.

Almost two weeks after the start of a crisis punctuated by riots and looting, barricades and attacks against men in uniform, paralyzing an entire territory, the units regained control of the situation thanks to a rise in power , of which

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Source: lefigaro

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