MALAGASY NATIONAL POLICE

2. The main body of the Police is organized into four divisions:
a. The Administrative'Division which takes care of personnel,
bookkeeping, maintenance, etc.
b. The Investigative Division which investigates all law vi­
olations and maintains the identification laboratory and criminal rec­
ords.
c. The General Intelligence Division which bompiles all infor­
mation of political or internal security import.
d. The Public Safety Division which gives police protection to
the population as a whole, .takes care of-traffic, patrols, etc.
3. The same organization is repeated on the provincial level.
4- Quite apart from these main divisions are three special units,
directly under the Director General of Police:
a. The Flying Brigade. A para-military unit which will be die­
cussed in detail under VI-D.,
b. The Anti-Subversive Detail. A specialized group which con­
centrates on investigating Communist activities and infiltration in co­
operationwith their counterpart in the office of the French high -rep­
resentation.
a. The Immigration Service which performs the usual duties re­
lated to imnigration in Tananarive as well as in the other provinces.
C. Proposed Reorganization
1. Some conflicts of jurisdiction developed in the present, rather
loose, organization. The new organization proposes to eliminate them by
establishing a clear-cut distinction between operational police units and
auxiliary services on the one hand, and the relationship between
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