Air Transport Gendarmerie
The Air Transport Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie des Transports Aériens) is a branch of the French Gendarmerie placed under the dual supervision of the Gendarmerie and the Direction of Civilian Aviation of the Transportation Ministry. Its missions include:
- police and security in civilian airfields and airports
- filtering access to aircraft, counter-terrorism and counter-narcotic activities, freight surveillance
- surveillance of technical installations of the airports (control towers etc)
- traffic control on the roads within the airports
- protection of important visitors stopping for a layover
- judiciary inquiries pertaining to accidents of civilian aircraft