Editing Saint Pierre and Miquelon (section)

===Defence and ''gendarmerie''===
France is responsible for the defence of the islands.<ref name="cia"/> The [[List of active French Navy ships|French Navy]] has maintained a patrol boat, the ex-trawler [[List of active French Navy ships#Coastguard|''Fulmar'']], in the region since 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ca.ambafrance.org/French-patrol-ship-Fulmar-port |title=French patrol ship Fulmar: Port visit to Rimouski and Québec |access-date=26 September 2022 |archive-date=25 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725185756/https://ca.ambafrance.org/French-patrol-ship-Fulmar-port |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Law enforcement in Saint Pierre and Miquelon]] is the responsibility of a branch of the French [[National Gendarmerie|Gendarmerie Nationale]]; there are two police stations in the archipelago.<ref name="Prefecture site">{{cite web |url=http://www.saint-pierre-et-miquelon.pref.gouv.fr/sections/services_de_letat/les_services_deconcentres/la_gendarmerie_natio/ |title=La Gendarmerie Nationale |publisher=Portail internet des services de l'Etat |date=24 February 2011 |access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412032658/http://www.saint-pierre-et-miquelon.pref.gouv.fr/sections/services_de_letat/les_services_deconcentres/la_gendarmerie_natio |archive-date=12 April 2012 }}</ref>