Gendarmerie Togolaise

Gendarmes and Presidential Guard who man several roadblocks in Lome after dark regularly solicit bribes from drivers, including those with diplomatic license plates. Outside of Lome the roadblocks and associated corruption occur during the day as well.

The Legion of Gendarmerie is an organ of command. The Legion includes all the territorial and intervention units of Gendarmerie implanted on a set of administrative regions It is commanded by An officer of the Gendarmerie. He has the rank of corps chief. It is appointed by ministerial order. The Group of Squadrons are organized and trained units with the aim of facing the missions of maintaining order and reinforcing the territorial units. To date, the Gendarmerie has theoretically 11 Squadrons and 02 Independent Pelotons of Intervention distributed in the 05 regions of the country.

A gold shield bearing Togolese arms on the field of azure is the insignia of the Gendarmerie. The feathered helm that surmounts it is a remindser of the distant origins of this elite corps, once created by the princes to ensure inner peace: the "men-at-arms" were in fact the first to give back to "unarmed people" their security, that of their relatives and that of their property.

True to this ancient mission, the Gendarmerie Togolaise assumes today this primordiale work, while being able to adapt to the needs of the modern world and Togo today. The Gendarmerie Nationale, whose origins date back to the colonial era, was created on 17 September 1942 and was part of the Gendarmerie of French West Africa (AOF). On August 3, 1956, A decree regulated the employment conditions of the Gendarmerie of Togo whereas a decree signed on August 22, 1961 governed its administrative organization.

It is articulated in groups and brigades located throughout the national territory. Its mission is devolved to all the gendarmes of the world: internal security, protection of people and property, monitoring of roads and communication routes, participation in the relief of the affected populations. It then operated until October 1995 when it adopted its current organizational structure by presidential decree Decree n ° 95-064 of 13 October 1995 reorganizing The Gendarmerie Nationale and its Application Circular No. 236.

Created at the beginning of the 1960s, the National Gendarmerie School (ENG) trains all non-commissioned members and non-commissioned officers of the Togolese national gendarmerie. It evolved and evolved over the past 40 years to take account of developments in the profession of policeman and the society in which it operates. Its main objectives are to develop the knowledge of the gendarmerie's personnel in the main areas of action (judicial and administrative police, public order, and to train a corps of competent gendarmerie Impregnated with the fundamental principles of service delivery.

On occasion, To accommodate five hundred (500) trainees and six (6) training rooms and an infirmary. Each of the two (2) sites has a kitchen that takes care of the food of the trainees. Independently of the above-mentioned facilities, ENG trainees also have access to military care and sports facilities at both sites. Training building Educational documentation center

Republican Guard

The Republican Guard mission is to To keep the national palaces, public buildings, institutional organs of the State; Ensure the protection of high state authorities: PR, PM, PA; and Provide honors and escort services for the PR, PM, PA and guest-branded

• Main Music of the Togolese Armed Forces;
• Cavalry Squadron;
• Squadron of Honor and Security;
• Motorized Platoon;
• Museum of the Gendarmerie.

Grouping Of Specialized Training

• Research and Investigation Service (SRI);
• Special Unit of the Gendarmerie Intervention (UISG)
• Autonomous Company of Airport (newly created)
• Port Security Company (newly created)

The SRI is responsible for specific investigations. The UISG is mainly involved in operations requiring the use of special techniques and means of intervention: release of hostages. It also participates in other missions.

TERRITORIAL UNITS

These are units of the Gendarmerie scattered throughout the territory. They are mainly responsible for the judicial police, the administrative police and the military police.

• GROUPINGS = 06 (one per region and in Lomé)
• COMPAGNIES = 15 (ie 02 per region except in the Plateaux (03), and 02 specials)
• TERRITORIAL BRIGADES = 98 (several per company)
• BRIGADES SEARCHES = 06
• MOTORIZED BRIGADES = 07
• SPECIALIZED BRIGADES = 09 (Port, Maritime, Anti-Gang: 3, Airport: 2, Taxes, Price Control)

Prefecture Guards

The body of the prefecture guards dissolution was registered in February 2017. The 500 men who composed it joined the ranks of the gendarmerie. Security Minister Yark Damehane said on 07 March 2017 at a ceremony that their mission, including prison surveillance, was no longer necessary as a program to modernize justice is underway. They are much more useful within the gendarmerie for tasks of security and assistance to the populations, said Damehane.

The former body guard Prefecture was born Dec. 15, 1965 when a part of staff of the Gendarmerie was transferred to the Ministry of Interior to give birth, the 1 st January 1966 the body Constituency guardians. Its mission was to ensure the security of administrative and political authorities, to keep buildings and facilities public or private, but in the public interest, to support tax collectors and to contribute to the maintenance of public order and security.

This body took the names of Guardians of prefecture in 1981, Guardian of security of the Territory in 1992, before becoming again Body of the Guardians of Prefecture in 1995. Ampute of its main mission, With the creation of the Corps of Penitentiaries, this corps of a force of about 500 people is donated to the Gendarmerie Nationale for employment.