page_title: RAID (French police unit)
section_title: Missions
hierarchical_section_title: RAID (French police unit) / Missions
caption_attribution_description: English: Typical equipment of French police officers from RAID. June 2018
context_page_description: Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion, commonly abbreviated RAID, is an elite tactical unit of the French National Police. It is headquartered in Bièvres, Essonne, approximately 20 kilometres southwest of Paris. Created in 1985, RAID is the National Police counterpart of the National Gendarmerie's GIGN. Both units share responsibility for the French territory.
  Since 2009, RAID and the Paris Research and Intervention Brigade, a separate National Police unit reporting directly into the Paris Police Prefecture, have formed a task force called National Police Intervention Force or FIPN. When activated, the task force is headed by the RAID commander. In early 2015, the seven regional units of the National Police, previously known as National Police Intervention Groups, were permanently integrated into RAID and re-designated into "RAID branches".
context_section_description: Among the main missions of RAID are:
  Counter-Terrorism in coordination with UCLAT, the co-ordination unit for the fight against terrorism (French: Unité de coordination de la lutte anti-terroriste).
  Hostage recovery situations
  Close protection of VIPs
  Protection of some of the French embassies in war-torn countries (a mission shared with the Gendarmerie's GIGN)
  Site protection during special events
  Resolution of prison riots
  Assistance to other Police departments fighting against organized crime
  Surveillance and arrest of high-profile criminals
  Arrest of dangerous deranged persons
  Training and assistance to foreign police forces
  Assessment of new equipment and techniques.
  RAID reports to the Director general of the National Police (DGPN), himself a direct report of the Minister of the Interior.
caption: Typical equipment of a RAID police officer, June 2018
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