Forging his destiny: Hecham's story within the PSIG

His main missions within PSIG

On a daily basis, they are called upon in the context of:

-          Home interventions to apprehend suspects based on preliminary investigations.

-          Barricaded individuals.

-          Night patrols focused on securing residential areas, particularly in response to an increase in burglaries.

-          Nighttime disturbances which are omnipresent in Villefranche-de-Rouergue. The fact that the city is a bastide and that the number of inhabitants per square meter is high further accentuates cases of noise pollution.

-          Training and instruction of surrounding brigades to strengthen their operational effectiveness.

-          Domestic Violence, one of the most recurring situations.

Hecham emphasizes the importance of approaching these situations with caution and discernment. It is possible, in some cases, that the woman is injured, but that the man defended himself for the first time after suffering violence for several years.

He deplores that collaboration with other law enforcement agencies is limited, particularly the Municipal Police. Attempts at cooperative exercises had been initiated, but the fact that PSIG works mainly at night made this objective difficult to achieve.
This good relationship with research brigades is essential "they are the ones who conduct investigations and the administrative part and when an arrest is necessary, PSIG takes over".

On a daily basis, Hecham follows a rigorous routine, punctuated by sports sessions once or twice a day. This constant physical preparation allows him to be able to react in all circumstances. In addition to these training sessions, they also practice combat sports, all associated with the ORFA method (Optimization of Armed Forces Resources – formerly TOP Potential Optimization Techniques).

This method used more and more frequently allows to face and manage personal fears and apprehensions such as claustrophobia or fear of water, ensuring mental preparation as rigorous as physical.

It consists of preparing and visualizing future actions, like repeating a home intervention after having, beforehand, studied the housing plans, like F1 pilots who tirelessly repeat the gestures of their race.
In his sports practice, he uses it particularly in weightlifting during his CrossFit sessions, by visualizing his movement, repeating it, sequencing it by stages.

All this work has allowed him to face physically demanding trials, like being thrown into the water in Guyana from a canoe, weighted down with his bulletproof vest and his equipment. "I always wanted to exceed myself and if you're not put in difficulty in this kind of situation, how are you going to do the day when you really have to face a problematic situation?"