Internal Security (IS) is the act of maintaining domestic peace in a country. In most cases, it is operated by government personnel, the police, and specialised military or paramilitary forces who may be equipped with deadly or less deadly weapons.
IS is likewise a societal state wherein citizens can freely enjoy their political, economic, cultural and social lives, provided they are within the law, without constraints set by either non-state or state actors. Citizens are internally secured from social crimes, militancy, communal mutiny, or oppression by ethnic and religious groups, and terrorism acts from fellow citizens who may be assisted by a neighbouring country. Most countries experience problems associated to internal security.
The National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) is France’s elite counter-terrorism and hostage rescue unit. It is a part of the military force and consists of 380 men including 11 licensed officers. GIGN’s missions include counter-terrorism, preventing mutiny in prisons, dealing with aircraft hijacking, and arresting armed criminals, particularly hostage takers.
The Arma dei Carabinieri or Corps of Carabineers is the Italian group that watches over both the military and civilian populations of the country. It is part of the armed forces, together with the Navy, Army and Air Force.
Some of the modern IS organisations include the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Drug Enforcement Administration; India’s National Security Guards or the Black Cats; Germany’s GSG 9; Bahamas’ Royal Bahamas Police Force; and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic’s MVD Internal Troops.
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