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Article L617-7 of the Internal Security Code

Is punished with two years of imprisonment and a 30 000 euro fine:
1 ° The fact of employing a person not holding the professional card mentioned in Article L. 612-20, in order to participate in one of the activities mentioned in Article L. 611-1;

2 ° The fact of subcontracting the exercise of an activity mentioned in Article L. 611-1 to an enterprise employing persons lacking the professional card mentioned in Article L. 612-20.

Article L617-8 of the Internal Security Code

Is punished with one year imprisonment and 15 000 euros fine the fact of concluding a contract of employment as an employee of a company carrying out an activity mentioned in Article L. 611-1, in order to participate in one of the activities mentioned in this article without holding the professional card referred to in Article L. 612-20.

Article R612-18 of the Internal Security Code

Any candidate for employment to engage in private security activities defined in Articles L. 611-1 and L. 613-13 or any employee involved in the exercise of these activities shall provide the employer with the number of the professional card which it was issued by the local licensing and control board.
The employer gives the employee a business card specific to the company. This card, which includes a recent photograph of its holder, mentions:
1 ° The surname, given names, date of birth and activities of the holder;
2 ° If the activity of the holder is that of "police officer", the identification number of each dog used;
3 ° The name, business name and address of the employer and the administrative authorization provided for in Articles L. 612-9 and L. 613-13;
4 ° The professional card number issued by the local accreditation and control board.
The professional card issued to the employee by his employer must be presented at the request of an officer of the public authority and returned to the employer upon expiry of the employment contract.

Article R612-27 of the Internal Security Code
Without prejudice to the knowledge, skills and know-how mentioned in articles R. 612-26 and R. 612-37, when the activity mentioned in 1 ° of article L. 611-1 is exercised with the use of a dog, the professional certification and the certificate of professional qualification attest to the knowledge :

1 The provisions of the rural code and sea fishing relating to the conditions of detention and maintenance of dogs ;

2 The provisions of the Civil Code relating to the principles of civil liability ;

3 To the regulation of the formalities of identification and use of the dog in the exercise of the activity of surveillance and guarding.

Article R612-28 of the Internal Security Code

The professional certification and the certificate of professional qualification mentioned in article R. 612-27 also attest to theoretical and practical skills relating at least to:

1 The techniques of obedience, the adaptability of the dog to his environment, the techniques of maintaining at an operational level the physical and technical qualities of the binomial master dog;

2 Hygiene, habitat and maintenance of the dog, knowledge of the main diseases, vaccination and psychology canines;

3 Filtering, access control, surveillance rounds and intervention procedures with a dog.

Article R612-29 of the Internal Security Code

Practical initial training is provided with each dog used by the employee concerned in carrying out the surveillance and guarding activity. When using a new dog, practical training is again provided with this dog.

Article L613-7 of the Internal Security Code

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 211-17 of the Rural Code and Maritime Fisheries, theagents carrying out the activities mentioned in Article L. 611-1 may use dogs under specified conditions by decree in Council of State.
This decree sets the conditions for the use of dogs as part of these activities and defines the conditions of training and professional qualification required of the agents who use them. It also provides the rules to ensure compliance with the conditions of possession and use of dogs to the requirements of Articles L. 214-2 and L. 214-3 of the Rural Code and Sea Fishing.

Article L214-2 of the Rural Code and Sea Fisheries.

Every man has the right to keep animals under the conditions defined in Article L. 214-1 and to use them under the conditions set out in Article L. 214-3, subject to the rights of third parties and the requirements of safety and public hygiene and the provisions of Law No. 76-629 of 10 July 1976 on the protection of nature.

Article L214-3 of the Rural Code and Sea Fisheries

It is forbidden to mistreat domestic animals or wild animals that are tamed or kept in captivity.

Decrees issued by the Council of State determine the measures necessary to ensure the protection of these animals against ill-treatment or misuse and to prevent them from suffering during manipulations inherent in various techniques of rearing, stocking, transport and transportation. slaughter of animals.

Article R631-32 of the Internal Security Code

Respect of the animal:
The police officer prohibits any abuse of his animal and ensures that it is, in all circumstances, in a state of care and cleanliness correct.

Agent Cynophile, what is it?

The Security Agent Cynophile is a security officer who must strive to constitute a real team "man-dog" knowing optimize the acquired and natural qualities of the dog.The dog is the auxiliary of the Dog Driver in the exercise of his mission. The Cynophile Security Agent must be the owner of his dog, in good standing with the legislation in force.

The risks inherent in this activity are covered by the civil liability subscribed by the employer.

In the context of its missions, its activity consists in ensuring the protection of property and / or persons in a specific geographical area in accordance with the written instructions issued by the employer and using the combined qualities of the driver and the dog.The most commonly assigned core activities are:
  1. - carry out rounds of surveillance, with variable schedules or not, to prevent malice and detectable risks such as the intrusion, the vandalism or the fire;
  2. - to control and supervise specific sites and perimeters such as car parks, warehouses, marquees and all other areas under his care;
  3. - carry out the appropriate safeguarding actions and ensure the continuity of the protection of the site according to the predetermined instructions and / or the instructions of the hierarchy;
  4. - intervene at the request of personnel authorized to do so or alarms to carry out a doubt;
  5. - to warn or to prevent the competent services and / or the persons designated to stop the disorder concerned;
  6. - detect within a clearly defined site or perimeter the presence of a person, objects or products that may be detrimental to the safety of property and persons.

The use of the dog - which can be considered as a weapon by destination - is purely preventive and dissuasive.However, in a situation of intrusion and / or aggression, the dog's intervention can only take place in strict compliance with the legislation on self-defense.

The activity of the "driver-dog" binomial is exercised within the framework of current regulations and respect for public freedoms. In public or private places open to the public, the dog must be kept on a leash and wear the muzzle for the categories of dogs defined by the regulations in force.

For the exercise of the activity of the police officer dog safety are excluded molossoid breeds not subject to work by the central canine society as well as molossoid type dogs falling into the first category defined by the legislation in force, and in particular the provisions of Law No. 99-5 of 6 January 1999 on dangerous and stray animals and the protection of animals.
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