About 4,000 officers and gendarmes in four directorates, under the Ministry of Internal Security. The ISEZ Security Council coordinates the Gendarmerie with the State Defense Corps.
Border Demarcation Brigade
Mans the checkpoints on the Qara-Chik line, issues and checks crossing permits and polices the sections of the external frontiers held by the Zone, alongside the Customs Service at the crossings.
Special Protective Service
Protects the Governor, senior officials, the Boz-Korgon compound and other executive sites.
Rapid Reaction Strike Group "Barysh"
Counter-terrorism and public order. Stationed beside Talas Air Base.
Highway Patrol Corps
Traffic and customs rules on the Fergana Mountain Transit Highway and the roads to the northern crossings; guards the Toktogul dam; escorts fuel and antimony convoys.
A mounted patrol of the Border Demarcation Brigade in the restricted zone
History
The Provisional Government of 1992 chose the name jandarm to distinguish the new force from the Soviet militia and internal troops.
1992A Gendarmerie patrol in Talas, 1993The Provisional Government forms the Gendarmerie.
2007The ceasefire fixes the Qara-Chik line. The Border Demarcation Brigade takes over the checkpoints.
2008Drug tests begin at the checkpoints.
2009Under the corridor protocol the posts at the mouth of the Otmek valley, on the Ala-Bel summit and at the Naryn bridge become internal posts.
2012Major General Ruslan Toktarov takes command.
2014An executive directive limits dangerous goods in the Otmek tunnel to the hours between 22:00 and 05:00.
2021The register of fuel tankers opens.
Command
Commander: Major General Ruslan Toktarov (since 2012). Minister of Internal Security: Talant Mambetaliev.
