Come and become a gendarme in San Marino
The Corps of the San Marino Gendarmerie is one of the oldest institutions of the San Marino Republic, an independent state located in central-northern Italy, bordering Emilia-Romagna and the Marche.
Established in 1842, the Gendarmerie is an authority of Police security, judicial and administrative. To date, the Corps consists of a Central Command and nine Brigade commands located in their respective nine Castles, into which the Republic is administratively divided.
The Gendarmerie of the Republic of San Marino deals with:
- Crime prevention and repression;
- Maintenance of public order, citizen safety and property protection;
- Administrative police (public shows, foreigners, weapons and residence controls);
- Care of the observance of the laws, decrees and regulations of the State;
- Escorts and honor services;
- It contributes to the rescue activity in cases of disasters.
With the exception of the Commanding Officer, the members of the Gendarmerie Corps hold the position of Judicial Police Officers.
More and more young people from San Marino dream of become a gendarme and serve your country. Let’s see what theiter to enter the body.
What to do
To become a gendarme it is necessary to take part and overcome the training course for Police officers called by the General Directorate of Public Administration – University Center for Training and Security of the Republic of San Marino.
The course aims to train a pool of qualified human resources to which i competitions for the future recruitment and enrollment of new units in the San Marino Police Corps.
The attestation of eligibilityafter passing the final exam, allow the participation in the Corps of the Gendarmerie, the Uniformed Unit of the Rocca Guard and the Civil Police, jointly identified also as “Police Corps” in the exercise of the delegation referred to inart. 84 of Law 223 of 23 December 2020.
The course includes a limited number, a theoretical and a practical part, in addition to the admission requirements.
Public available
Enrolling in the course is a prerequisite for inclusion in the pool of resources to which future competitions to become a gendarme can be addressed. Places range from a minimum of 20 (useful for the activation of the course itself) to a maximum of 50. The course consists of a theoretical and a practical part, and has a duration of 400 hours (250 theory and 150 practice).
requisition
I requisition to access the course are:
- Citizenship of San Marino, or residence in San Marino territory and citizenship of a country with respect to which there are conventions that provide for reciprocity in similar cases and in the presence of the requisites provided for by the aforementioned conventions;
- Age between i 18 and 28 years old. This maximum age limit is increased to 31 years for those who appear to have already served for a minimum of two years, even if not continuous, in the Police Corps;
- Physical fitness issued by the Health Surveillance Unit and by the Primary Care and Territorial Health Unit;
- Enjoyment of civil and political rights;
- Minimum educational qualification: high school diploma;
- “B” category driving license. For admission to future competitions for the Police Corps, category “A” and “C” licenses may be required;
- Height not less than 1.70 m for men and at m. 1.60 for women. For admission to future competitions for the Corps of the Gendarmerie, for women, a height of not less than 1.65 m is required for the Uniformed Unit of the Guardia di Rocca a height of not less than 1 m is required. 75;
- Not to have suffered convictions and have no pending charges.
The selection
To be admitted to the course, candidates must first submit a psycho-aptitude and motivational selection test.
If the number of suitable candidates from the test is higher than the maximum places foreseen, suitable candidates who have already served in a police force for at least two years, even if not continuously, will be admitted to the course with precedence.
For the purpose of identifying additional suitable candidates for the course, in the places left available, a ranking will be drawn up on the basis of the score integrated by the graduation of the High School Diploma determined according to the table used for the integrated public competitions by voting from any higher educational qualification determined deriving from the measure provided below:
- 0.50 points, for first level (three-year) degree;
- 1.00 points, for master’s, specialist or old system degrees.
In the event of a tie between candidates, the requirement of a lower age will constitute an element of precedence.
The course will end with a final exam to ascertain the acquired professionalism. The exam will consist of the following tests relating to the individual teaching disciplines:
- Written test;
- Practice Test;
- Oral exam;
- English language and IT test in which the participant must present a basic knowledge of both the language and the main IT programs (Office package) used in the Public Administration.
They will not be able to take the final qualifying exam which will prove to have been as you feel for over 40 hours out of the total amount of the 400 hours of the course. In the definition of the final ranking, in the event of a tie, the family load will be an element of precedence and in the event of further equality the minor age will be considered.
Enlistment
From the effective date of service starts on trial period within the Police Corps for a duration of 12 months.
During the trial period, the Gendarme, the Guard and the Agent are subjected to an intermediate check upon reaching 6 months of service and a final one at the end of the twelve months which must also include checks on physical abilities.
The intermediate and final checks are managed directly by the Commander of the Police Corps concerned on the basis of specific verification forms adopted with the Regulations of the State Congress on the proposal of the Commanders of the three Police Corps.
Temporary assignments
In case of need, temporary, even seasonal, assignments relating to the qualification of “Auxiliary Agent – level 4 – Civil Police Corps“.
The resources entered will be drawn from the final degree formed as a result of the course, giving first to those who appear to have already served in the Police Corps.
For the purpose of conferring the aforementioned temporary assignments, the possession of the requisite of mental and physical fitness for the service to be performed is required, to be certified by producing a specific certificate issued respectively by the Mental Health Unit and the Health Surveillance Unit.