Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité Totally Explained

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The Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (CRS) are the riot control forces and general reserve of the French National Police. The CRS were created in 1944 and reorganized in 1948. The task for which they're best known in popular culture is crowd and riot control and re-establishment of order. Their repressive role and occasional abuse of force has led to criticisms among certain demonstrators.
Although the expression les CRS (masc.pl.) refers to the whole force, in French slang CRS may refer to "a CRS man".

Role

CRS missions include:

Motorway police in urban areas
Rescue operations on France's beaches (some CRS officers are trained in beach safety)
Security of public buildings
Mountain Rescue

The CRS are grouped in units living in barracks. They generally operate away from their base town.

French mobile police forces

The two French anti-riot forces, the CRS and the Gendarmerie Mobile are often mistaken with each other as their missions are similar. Ways to distinguish them are:

The uniform of the CRS is blue (usually dark blue); the uniform of the gendarmes mobiles is black.

The CRS wear a big red CRS patch; the gendarmes have stylized grenades.

Company composition

There are currently 61 companies; most of these companies have four platoons each, and others have six platoons. The composition for 4-platoon companies is thus:

1 Commander

1 Captain

2 Lieutenants

1~4 Brigadier-Majors

12~25 Brigadier-Chiefs

100~120 Gardians

Critical nicknames

Famous slogans from the leftist students who clashed with the CRS during the protests and riots of May 1968 were "CRS = SS" and "CRS - Assassin".

Cultural references

The CRS are mentioned in an enormous number of French songs, short stories, political tracts, comic books, etc.

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