New staff at the Cauterts gendarmerie and soon premises that will have a facelift for better team comfort and improved reception for the public.
The workforce has moved in recent months within the Cauterets gendarmerie brigade commanded since last May by Warrant Officer Gilles Pelhuet who arrived from the Toulouse region after having cut his teeth in the air transport gendarmerie in Paris but also guard Republican: “I am from the Val d’Azun and I know the relief, the mountain well and I will evolve serenely in the seven valleys. Here, I rely a lot on the former members of the brigade who have been there for a few years and who know the terrain and all the actors of the mountain “. Because this is indeed the heart of the mission for a mountain brigade “the highest in the Pyrenees” as Gilles Pelhuet likes to recall, who also makes it a special site: “It is a spa town, there is always a lot of people until the end of October, curists, tourists and then there is the winter season. proximity gendarme “.
Two new OPJ
Recently, it welcomed two young gendarmes in September, Laura Valette and Pierre Gonzalez. The two OPJs arrive straight from Tarn-et-Garonne, Negrepelisse for him and Lafrançaise for her who, a native of Frontignan, agrees: “The decor is not the same but it was a request on my part to come in Mountain”. Pierre has an additional advantage up his sleeve for his mission in the field: “I have training in the field of the environment that I did with the French Biodiversity Office”. A specificity in connection with the daily work: “We must be present on the departures of hiking trails, in the refuges, to fight against pollution because we are classic brigadiers with a mountain mission for which it is imperative to to know the actors of the territory. We are also on the face of the current delinquency “.
Work planned on the buildings
The premises of the Cauterets gendarmerie will undergo a radical transformation since work will be undertaken on the offices and apartments in order to better welcome the public but also to offer a serene living environment for the families of the gendarmes: “The site should end at the end of 2022. During this time, we will have temporary facilities to carry out our missions.
A company with multiple missions and ready to meet any challenges.
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