Olteni gendarmes, at the anniversary hour. Oprescu: Olt is a safe county

The 174th anniversary of the establishment of the Romanian Gendarmerie was also celebrated in Slatina, on Wednesday, April 3, with a celebration being organized in the Europa Hall of the Olt County Council, several employees of the Olt County Gendarmerie Inspectorate being promoted in rank, before completion of the minimum internship.

At the festive ceremony, along with Colonel Emanuel Botan, chief inspector of the IJJ, were present: the president of CJ Olt, Marius Oprescu, the sub-prefect Cosmin Floreanu, the Romanian-American delegation from Military Base 99 Deveselu, heads of the institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense Nationals from the territory, His Holiness Sebastian Pașcanu, the bishop of Slatina and the Romanians, as well as representatives of other institutions in the county.

The president of the county forum, Marius Oprescu, stated that Olt is a safe county thanks to the involvement of the gendarmes in the community

“Celebrate today (Wednesday, April 3rd), 174 years of existence of the Gendarmerie in Romania. There are 174 years of traditions, involvement and devotion. As the ruler of Moldova, Alexandru Ghica, beautifully said, when it was founded, it was established to guard public safety, maintain good order and enforce laws. The Gendarmerie, during all this time, has become an important partner of the local community, and in Olt, every time, you have done your job very well and our county is a safe county. Thank you for this. I am glad that our institution, the Olt County Council, managed to contribute to increasing your intervention capacity through a project with European funds, I further assure you of the full support of the institution that I represent in the objectives that you propose and in which, of course, we can participate. I wish you a ‘Happy Birthday!’ and may you achieve on all levels!”, said Marius Oprescu, the president of the county forum.

At the time of the celebration, 20 non-commissioned officers from the Olt Gendarmerie were promoted to the next rank before the expiration of the minimum training period. At the same time, dozens of officers and non-commissioned officers received thanks, congratulations or were cited on the unit’s agenda. Also, Colonel Emanuel Theodor Botan, commander of the Olt Gendarmerie, wanted to hand out diplomas and anniversary plaques to all the institutions with which IJJ collaborates. Among them were three former commanders of the institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the territory, colonel Ion Gheorghiceanu, colonel Ion Voicu and colonel Dorel Drejoi.

At the same time, on the plateau in front of Olt CJ, several presentation stands with weapons, special vehicles and one of the ATVs belonging to the Olt County Gendarmerie Inspectorate could be visited.