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Royal Gendarmerie الدرك الملكي
Agency overview
Formed	April 29, 1957 (1957-04-29)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Morocco
Constituting instruments	Dahir No 1-57-979 of 29 April 1957 Dahir No 1-57-280 of 14 January 1958[1]
General nature	Gendarmerie
Operational structure
Headquarters	Rabat, Morocco
Elected officer responsible	Abdellatif Loudiyi, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of the administration of National Defense
Agency executive	General Haramou, Commander
Parent agency	Royal Moroccan Armed Forces

TheRoyal Moroccan Gendarmerie (Arabic:الدرك الملكي المغربي) is the nationalgendarmerie force of theKingdom of Morocco, and comes under the joint-authority of the Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of the administration of National Defense,Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Justice.

During the period of theFrench protectorate in Morocco, theFrench national gendarmerie was tasked to maintain law and order in Morocco & Tunisia. The Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie was founded on 29 April 1957 by the lateKing Mohammed V following independence.^[2] ADahir issued on 14 January 1958 further defined the principle and purpose of the Gendarmerie.^[1] This describes the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie as a public force designed to guarantee public security and public order and the implementation of laws. Article 2 of the legislation attaches the Gendarmerie to theRoyal Moroccan Armed Forces, then constituting a military force in its structure, administration and command forms. And its personnel consists of officers and NCOs. Structure of its functions has been determined by the two major different but complementary traditions. One of them has its roots in the history andculture of Morocco. The gendarmerie was born of the Moroccan administrative and political system which has ensured public security and maintenance of public order for centuries. The second tradition (Makhzen) is much newer.

The Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie is a force of police tasked mainly to ensure public safety, maintain order and ensure law enforcement.^[2]Article 7 of the legislation stipulates the purpose of the gendarmerie is to ensure especially administrative, judicial and military policing activities directly and to help to the competent authorisations with the envisaged laws, which implies that the legislature has given great importance to policing duties.^[1]

Article 3 of the legislation further define responsible ministry on the gendarmerie roles, which are:^[1]

• the National Defence Administration especially on the subjects of organisation equipment and military judicial policing ;
• the Ministry of Justice for the implementation of judicial policing; and,
• theMinistry of Interior on the subject of Common Administration Policing.

The duties of the Royal Gendarmerie, in the field of judicial policing, have been determined by the Criminal Procedure Code of 1959. It performs all these duties under the administration of the royalprosecutor and control of theCourt of Appeal. Duties consist of criminal investigation, evidence gathering, arresting criminals and execution of judge's orders. The personnel of the Royal Gendarmerie participates in the implementation Judicial Policing. The Royal Gendarmerie who acts with the characteristics of being a judicial oriented police officer according to the Court of Penal Proceedings, Detects and determines the violation of the laws as a judicial police; and as a police of public force, informs the royal prosecutor of crimes and offences over which they have no jurisdiction.^[3]

To struggle against the continuous increase of crime and its international aspects and, on the other hand, the increase of the texts and their complexity the Royal Gendarmerie is modernising its methods and equipment continuously and reinforcing its efficiency by evaluating technical and scientific policing and criminal data. With this aim, two laboratories, which are under the administration of senior researchers, were established.^{[citation needed]}

In regards to duties of the Royal Gendarmerie, in the field of administrative policing, determined of a set of regulations dedicated to the maintenance of public order,^[2] including serve as border guard.^[4] On this role, the gendarmerie is responsible to theMinistry of Interior. The article 3 of the legislation allow gendarmerie to assists other ministerial departments such as:^[1]

• Ministry of equipment, transport and logistics for traffic policing and protecting port and airport facilities.^[2]
• Ministry of agriculture, maritime fisheries, rural development and water and forests for prevention ofillegal fishing control.^[5]

The organization of Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie is consist of:^[2]

• The General Headquarters, which conducts the overall main duties of the force.
• Territorial Gendarmerie
  • 22 Regional Gendarmeries
  • 64 Companies of Gendarmerie
  • 322 posts of Gendarmerie
• Mobile Gendarmerie
• Air andMaritime Gendarmerie
• Specialized Units, such asGroupement de Sécurité et d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Royale.

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie v t e
					Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel Major	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie v t e
	Adjudant-chef						Adjudant		Sergent-major		Sergent-chef						Sergent

• Small arms & Vehicles^{[citation needed]}

• Vehicles:
  • MRAP(unknown model/type)
  • Chevrolet Suburban

Since its foundation, the Royal Gendarmerie has developed efficient mutual co-operation basis with the other similar organizations and also joined in theFIEP organization in 1999 which provides a framework for the improvement of mutual relations between organizations and the maintenance of security in the region.

• List of gendarmeries

• Association of the European and Mediterranean Police Forces and Gendarmeries with Military Status[1]
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