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SNCF Agents Now Equipped with Tasers: Stations Concerned, Rules to follow... What You Need to Know

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The use of these weapons is planned, on a trial basis for three years, to control violent situations in transport networks.

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While a few hundred SNCF and RATP security officers can now be equipped with electrically pulsed pistols, a decree published on Sunday in the Official Journal specifies the training procedures...

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A decree published in the Official Journal this Sunday specified the procedures for experimenting with electric pulse pistols for hundreds of security agents of the SNCF and RATP. And revealed that it will take place in Paris, Lyon, Marseille or Rennes.

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In order to strengthen safety in transport, the government decided to experiment with a new device. According to a decree published in the Official Journal on Sunday, 10 May, 10% of the SNCF and RATP security agents are now allowed to carry electric pulse pistols as part of an experiment carried out for three years. This measure will concern between 300 and 400 agents. The device will concern several stations spread across Hexagone, notably Pari…

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The government announced in February that it was launching an experiment to entrust Taser to "10% of the agents" of the railway police. It entered into force in several Parisian stations, but also in Lyon, Rennes and Marseille, and on francilian lines, specifies a decree published this Sunday, May 10. All agents are already authorized to carry lethal weapons, but those concerned will benefit from a specific training for these pistols with electr…

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According to a decree published this Sunday, 10% of the agents of the railway police (SNCF and RATP) will participate in the experiment of the use of electric impulse pistols. They can be used in two Parisian stations.

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The use of these weapons is planned, on a trial basis for three years, to control violent situations in transport networks.

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actu.fr broke the news on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
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