The best riot shields used by French law enforcement are designed and manufactured in France, in the heart of Normandy, by SAPL France, a company with over thirty-five years of experience in the field of personal protective equipment for police officers and a consolidated international presence.

In January of this year, SAPL further demonstrated its expertise in public order control by winning a three-year tender for the supply of riot shields to the French Ministry of the Interior. The contract, worth approximately €15 million, will ensure the equipment of the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (CRS) and the Gendarmerie Mobile, a leading unit in public order management in France, for the next three years.

This news builds on a relationship of continuity and trust that has endured uninterrupted since the 1990s, built on operational reliability, the ability to adapt to increasingly complex violent scenarios, and constant dialogue with the end users.

Subjected to extreme impact tests and designed as vital protection tools for police officers, the protective shields produced by SAPL are a consolidated operational standard in France. Yet, at a time when public safety issues are becoming increasingly important across Europe, there is a growing awareness among police forces of the need to have equipment adequate for the risks they face.

In this context, various possible considerations are becoming increasingly relevant, both regarding the equipment provided to police officers employed in public order services and their training in the context of general security management. These are areas in which the French company SAPL offers solutions that have already been extensively tested internationally.