Operation Tranquility Holidays: How does it work?

Operation Tranquility Vacations is a police and gendarmerie service that offers to watch over your home during extended absences and to notify you in case of anomaly (yourself or a person of trust close to the place). Surveillance is carried out by day and night patrols, weekdays and weekends.

The device works in all french departments. Registration can be done throughout the year, even outside of school holidays. The period of absence may not exceed 1 year.

Since June 2022, you can complete the process online.

How do I register?

On-site registration

Remember to register a few days before your departure, either on site or online.

For on-site registration, you must bring your identity document and a proof of domicile. Keep the receipt of your registration request.

The registration conditions are different depending on your place of residence, depending on whether it is located in the police zone or in the gendarmerie zone: check your home point.

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• Domicile concerned: principal residences;
• period of absence: between 3 days and 3 months;
• Registration: 45 to 3 days before departure.

Gendarmerie Zone

• Domicile concerned: main and secondary residences;
• Absence period: up to 12 months;
• Registration: from 45 days until the day before departure.

On-line approach

• The connection is made via the site Service-Public.fr ;
• Identify yourself via France Connect;
• Complete the online form.

Once you have registered online, you will also receive a receipt for your application by e-mail and a form containing all the information provided.

A few tips before leaving

In order to limit the risks of burglary, the police and gendarmerie services advise you to:

• Do not post your vacation dates on social media or your phone messaging.
• ask a trusted person to pick up your mail because a full box is a sign of prolonged absence (do not leave the key under a mat or flower pot). You can also have your mail automatically sent back to your holiday resort by the postal services;
• forward landline calls, if possible, to your mobile number;
• carefully lock doors, windows and shutters. Check the condition of your locks and locks. A neighbor or friend may come and open and close the shutters;
• do not leave large sums of money in your accommodation and put jewelry, art and valuables in a safe place after having photographed them. If so, have them evaluated by an expert and ask your insurance business for information on the conditions of their protection.

Advice on your holiday location

To prevent the risk of theft at your vacation location, you must:

• park your car if possible in a lighted place;
• do not leave valuables, handbags, bank cards, checkbooks, mobile phones... in your car. Lock doors and close windows;
• take your keys with you when you get out of your car, even for a few moments after you have cut off the contact;
• close your rental, caravan, house before your departure in town or to the beach. Avoid sleeping with windows open at night;
• keep your means of payment, vehicle keys, phones with you. Be sure to close the windows and the front door of your accommodation, if you are eating in the garden.