How do I register for Operation Holiday Tranquility (OTV)?

Verified 20 June 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Are you going on holiday soon? In order to avoid burglaries, you can sign up for Operation Holiday Tranquility. The police or gendarmerie services then take care of monitoring your accommodation. Patrols are organized to pass around your home. You will be warned in case of anomalies (degradation, burglary ...).

To register, you can use the online service or go to the police station or gendarmerie brigade.

The use of the online service does not require proof.

Online

The online service allows you to determine whether the surveillance of your home depends on the police or gendarmerie services.

Operation tranquility holiday is possible in metropolitan France and in the overseas departments and regions.

Your registration for the holiday peace operation must be completed no later than 3 days before your departure if your home is police-dependent.

Your registration must be completed no later than the day before departure if your accommodation depends on the gendarmerie brigades.

Using an account FranceConnect, you can sign up for the deal with the following online service:

Sign up for Operation Holiday Tranquility (OTV)

Warning  

to change your request (e.g. change your dates of absence because you are returning from holiday earlier), you have to go to the gendarmerie brigade or the police station. Online editing is not possible.

Once the online process is complete, you are not informed of how the monitoring is going. You are only contacted by the police or gendarmerie if the patrol finds something suspicious.

On the spot

Your home is monitored by the police or gendarmerie brigades depending on where it is located.

Operation tranquility holiday is possible in metropolitan France and in the overseas departments and regions.

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Font

Your registration must be made at the police station no later than 3 days before your departure.

Who shall I contact

You must bring the following documents:

  • Proof of identity (identity card, passport, driving license...)
  • Proof of domicile (rent receipt, electricity bill, last tax notice...)

Warning  

to change your request (e.g. change your dates of absence because you are returning from holiday earlier), you have to go to the police station.

Police Department

Your registration must be done at the gendarmerie brigade no later than the day before departure.

Who shall I contact

Warning  

to change your request (e.g. change your dates of absence because you are returning from holiday earlier), you have to move to the gendarmerie brigade.

After the procedure is completed, you are not informed of how the monitoring is going. You are only contacted by the police or gendarmerie if the patrol finds something suspicious.

Sign up for Operation Holiday Tranquility (OTV)