Structure
The Gendarmerie Nationale is a centrally controlled 3,700 member paramilitary police force that provides police across Niger modeled on the French Gendarmerie. It is uniformed, ranked and trained in military fashion. It provides policing outside those jurisdictions policed by the Police Nationale, usually smaller towns and rural areas. The GN falls under the Armed Forces of Niger, and is commanded by the "Haut commandant de la Gendarmerie Nationale" ("High Commandant of the GN"), in 2008 Colonel Harouna Djibo Hamani.
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