Yes, vigipirate appears to be a neologism, which is why trying to get a translation doesn't work out.
I tried to talk the Editor of the Rusa magazine into reprinting the article about controls from the special issue that was printed for 2011, but that never happened. I think I am going to start a thread about the controls with some of the info.
One of my favorite memories of 2011 was some old folks watching me lose my breakfast outside the Loudiac cafeteria at 3 in the morning. I guess banning spectators from some of the actual controls might not be a horrible idea, but it doesn't seem possible for others. I think they could do it at Loudiac