"Our speciality is intelligence, and intelligence is about connecting with the people, it's about connecting with the land", says an officer from the New Caledonia surveillance and intervention unit, Pascal Tamisier, while visiting the Pothé tribe, located on the west coast of the French Pacific territory. Pascal Tamisier is one of four officers who met the tribal leaders on horseback so that they can develop a relationship that will last "for months and years to come". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES