Royal Gendarmerie (Cambodia)
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Royal Gendarmerie កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ (Khmer) Gendarmerie royale (French) | |
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Motto | «សង្គ្រោះ បម្រើ ការពារ» (Khmer) "Rescue, Serve, Protect" |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 20 July 1954 (original) 18 March 1970 – 17 April 1975 as National Gendarmerie 14 July 1993 (re-established)[1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
National agency | Cambodia |
Operations jurisdiction | Cambodia |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Members | 30,000 |
Agency executive | |
Parent agency | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces |
The Royal Gendarmerie (
Duties
The Gendarmerie Royale Khmere duties are:
- Restoring peace and stability if they have been heavily disturbed
- Counter terrorism
- Countering violent groups
- Repressing riots in prisons
Its civil duties include: to provide security and public peace, to investigate and prevent organised crime, terrorism and other violent groups; to protect state and private property; to help and assist civilians and other emergency forces in a case of emergency, natural disaster, civil unrest and armed conflicts.
Its military duties include: to preserve and protect national security, state, property, public peace, and public order, and to assist other security forces in case of emergency, civil unrest, war; to repress riots; to reinforce martial law and mobilisation; to fight and apprehend suspected criminals, terrorists and other violent groups.
Organization
The Royal Gendarmerie consists of 10 battalion sized units. Each battalion has between 500 – 1000 policemen. The principal bases are located in Phnom Penh.
The gendarmerie monitors all the 25 provinces and 186 districts, working with the local people. The unit includes: a mobile team, consisting of six intervention units, an intervention vehicle battalion, a
See also
- List of gendarmeries
- Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
- Royal Cambodian Army
- Royal Cambodian Navy
- Royal Cambodian Air Force