The
law enforcement
Law enforcement is the activity of some members of government who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society. The term en ...
agencies of
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
include:
*The Gendarmerie Nationale (Malagasy: ''Zandarimariam-pirenena''), the national
police
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...
force of Madagascar, with 8,100 staff (in 2006) operating under the Ministry of Defense.
*The Gendarmerie is supplemented by a Presidential Security Regiment.
*A 3,000-member Civil Police force under the Ministry of Interior, with a role in
policing
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
the cities.
*A General Directorate of Information and Documentation Internal and External (Direction Générale de l'Information et de la Documentation, Intérieure et Exterieure—DGIDIE), a
secret political police, was established under the Presidency of
Didier Ratsiraka.
See also
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Gendarmerie
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A gendarmerie () is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term ''gendarme'' () is derived from the medieval French expression ', which translates to " men-at-arms" (literally, ...
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List of gendarmeries
A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military police forces, border guards, security forces, and coast guards component with jurisdiction in civil law enforcement. The term maréchaussée (or marshalcy) may also be used (''e.g.'', Royal Marechaussee ...
References
Sources
# World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto published by Taylor & Francis. 2004,
# World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems,second edition, Gale., 2006
# Sullivan, Larry E. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2005.
Government of Madagascar
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