The threat has changed. This has led to a concept of overall security, demanding a much closer cooperation between all the security forces. Faced with this need, the first steps towards such a rapprochement have been put in hand. It would seem necessary to go further. This is why it is proposed to break new ground by moving towards the concept of a ‘Public Security Force’. The aim is to bring together the security forces in a network built around certain common focal points. The project, an ambitious one, could be modelled on an existing feature of French defence and security practice: the use of military forces in civil tasks.
A Public Security Force
A gendarme with his kepi on the Mitrovica bridge. A legionnaire with his green beret on duty at the Eiffel Tower. Images that ten years ago were unimaginable, today surprise nobody. This abrupt change demonstrates that the traditional principles regulating the employment of security forces have evolved substantially in the light of the new strategic situation.
The threat has changed. From now on, and far more than before, security has to be regarded in its entirety. A higher level of cooperation between the different forces involved is now an imperative, despite their differing statuses. A rapprochement is emerging, dictated by necessity. None the less, in the interest of greater efficiency, we believe that it is essential to go further, and that is why we argue for innovation, by moving resolutely towards a public security force. The aim is to muster all security forces into a large, single entity, without fusing or confusing, to create a network constructed around a certain number of common focal points. Achieving this will be a delicate business, but not impossible.
Global Security
Evolving threats are causing Western nations to look at security on a global basis.
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