Air Transport Gendarmerie

The Air Transport Gendarmerie (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