Grenada Guide

Within kilkusetletniej history of the island, often stationed on the small branches of the French and then English, which holds the functions of the police. After gaining independence in 1974, the Government has set up its own kilkusetosobową police, which limited the military fulfills the task (in accordance with the Constitution, responsibility for the defense of Grenada had to bear the majority of United Kingdom). After the government in 1979 created the Marxist Revolutionary People’s Army (People’s Revolutionary Army = PRA), which took the training and equipment to Cuba, in cooperation with consultants from other socialist countries. Shortly army numbered around 3,000 people each, of which 1,200 ÷ 1,500 troops in the regular wards, equipped with light weapons production in Soviet and several armored transporters and BTR-60 BRDM-2, as well as, inter alia, acting anti-ZU-23-2. In addition, the Grenada stationed at the time of 100 ÷ 200 troops garrison Cuban, with the task of protecting all built on the island airport for heavy aircraft. Planned further intensive development of PRA, which ordered (mainly in Cuba), among others 14 thousand. uniforms, 11 thousand. pieces of small arms, 60 consecutive armored transporters, 30 cannons 76 mm and 50 rocket launcher BM-21. During the invasion in 1983 the army appeared resistance forces the U.S. and countries of the East, but with their vast numerical and technological advantage, as well as niepopularności in the country’s own government, ended it after a few days and lost 45 killed and 337 injured (larger percentage loss suffered by Cubans ). The new government would solve PRA and again relied on the defense departments of the police. They are trained and equipped for a large share of organizational and financial USA. In 2005, Royal Grenadyjskie Police Force (Royal Grenadian Police Force = RGPF) numbered 755 people (including 80-person branch of special rangers), armed mainly with light weapons. RGPF subject to the Coastguard (Coast Guard) having about 50 officers and 4 small, but modern ships patrol