later he worked in the general staff of the general command as the superior officer in the provincial command of turin the operations office of the general command of the army he was promoted to colonel and became deputy commander of the carabinieri region of piedmont and valle daosta at the orders of general francesco delfino he was in that position until  and subsequently held the provincial command of rome for five years he was later the head of the second division of the general command from  to  he was senior officer of the general command and then commander of the carabinieri officers school  from  october  to  september  he headed the campania carabinieri region