MALAGASY NATIONAL POLICE

G. Tananarive Urban Police Division *
1. The Division is'housed in a large, modern 5-year old masonry
building, located across the street from USOM. (See illustration page
49.) In the first floor lobby, there are the usual duty officer station
and booking desk. The offices of the Commissioner and of his immediate
staff are large.and located on the second floor.' -As is customary in
Madagascar, the head of the Division lives on the piemises. In this
instance, he shares the spacious third floor living quarters with his
assistant.
2.. In the rear of the-Headquarters Building, known as "IHotel de
.Police", is a large compound with parade ground and-sheltered parking
area for the Divisionts vehicles. There is no automotive repair shop
in the building, as.such, but commercial facilities for all French makes
are available across the street.
3. Six temporary detention cells are located onthe ground floor.
Suspects may be detained in.these lock-ups for 48 hours prior to their
transfer to the main jail maintained by the City Government in the out­
skirts of Tananarive. 'The detention cells are kept unusually clean and
well secured..
4. Metropolitan Tananarive (population 300,000) is divided into
six precints over which the urban division has complete police jurisdic­
tion. The personnel of the division consists of 375 Malagasy nationals
and 10 French technical assistants distributed as follows:
Personnel laasy French
Chief Comissioner Victor Randrianihasa 1
Assistant Commissioners 6 1
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