Editing Guadeloupe (section)

== Police and crime ==
Although Guadeloupe is one of the safest islands in the Caribbean,<ref name="Graff">[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-01-08/death-in-paradise-ben-miller-on-investigating-the-deadliest-place-on-the-planet Graff, Vincent. (2013)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113201042/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-01-08/death-in-paradise-ben-miller-on-investigating-the-deadliest-place-on-the-planet |date=13 November 2016 }}, "Death in Paradise: Ben Miller on investigating the deadliest place on the planet," ''Radio Times'', 8 January 2013</ref> it was the most [[violence|violent]] overseas French [[departments of France|department]] in 2016.<ref>[http://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/meurtres/guadeloupe-la-spirale-de-la-violence_1848359.html Guadeloupe : la spirale de la violence] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108032128/http://www.francetvinfo.fr/faits-divers/meurtres/guadeloupe-la-spirale-de-la-violence_1848359.html |date=8 November 2016 }}, francetvinfo.fr, 29 September 2016</ref> The murder rate is significantly higher than that of Paris, at 8.2 per 100,000. The high level of unemployment caused violence and crime to rise, especially in 2009 and 2010, the years following the [[Great Recession]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Borredon |first1=Laurent |title=Crime and unemployment dog Guadeloupe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/27/young-crime-unemployment-guadeloupe-france |access-date=27 February 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=28 December 2011 |archive-date=31 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031091542/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/27/young-crime-unemployment-guadeloupe-france |url-status=live}}</ref> Residents of Guadeloupe describe the island as a place with little everyday crime, and most violence is caused by the drug trade or domestic disputes.<ref name="Graff" /> In 2021, additional police officers were deployed to the island in the face of rioting arising out of COVID-19 restrictions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/21/france-to-send-special-forces-to-guadeloupe-after-looting-arson |title=France to send special forces to Guadeloupe after looting, arson |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 November 2022 |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104130809/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/21/france-to-send-special-forces-to-guadeloupe-after-looting-arson |url-status=live}}</ref>

Normally, about 2,000 police officers are present on the island including some 760 active [[National Gendarmerie]] of the COMGEND (Gendarmerie Command of Guadeloupe) region plus around 260 reservists. The active Gendarmerie include three Mobile Gendarmerie Squadrons (EGM) and a [[Republican Guard (France)|Republican Guard]] Intervention Platoon (PIGR).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/gendinfo/sur-le-terrain/immersion/2022/envol-vers-la-guadeloupe-avec-le-general-vincent-lamballe-1-2 |title=Envol vers la Guadeloupe avec le général Vincent Lamballe (1/2) |first=Sirpa Gendarmerie, Gendarmerie |last=nationale |website=gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr |access-date=4 November 2022 |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104130810/https://www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/gendinfo/sur-le-terrain/immersion/2022/envol-vers-la-guadeloupe-avec-le-general-vincent-lamballe-1-2 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Maritime Gendarmerie]] deploys the patrol boat ''Violette'' in the territory, which is planned for replacement by a new PCG-NG patrol boat in about 2025–2026.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lessor.org/operationnel/le-premier-des-six-nouveaux-patrouilleurs-cotiers-de-la-gendarmerie-maritime-officiellement-commande |title=Le premier des six nouveaux patrouilleurs côtiers de la Gendarmerie maritime officiellement commandé |date=2 September 2022 |access-date=5 March 2023 |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305121333/https://lessor.org/operationnel/le-premier-des-six-nouveaux-patrouilleurs-cotiers-de-la-gendarmerie-maritime-officiellement-commande |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/guadeloupe/un-nouveau-commandant-pour-le-la-violette-un-navire-indispensable-a-la-lutte-contre-la-drogue-en-guadeloupe-1310184.html |title=Un nouveau commandant pour le 'La Violette', un navire indispensable à la lutte contre la drogue en Guadeloupe |date=5 August 2022 |access-date=4 November 2022 |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104130804/https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/guadeloupe/un-nouveau-commandant-pour-le-la-violette-un-navire-indispensable-a-la-lutte-contre-la-drogue-en-guadeloupe-1310184.html |url-status=live}}</ref>