The National Police (Police Nationale) is one of two national police forces and the main civil law enforcement agency of France, with primary jurisdiction in cities and large towns. The other main agency is the military Gendarmerie, with primary jurisdiction in smaller towns and rural and border areas. The National Police comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior and has about 150,000 employees. National police are the primary source of law enforcement activities in some countries, such as Italy, France and Japan, and are organised on a national basis. ... Jump to: navigation, search Gendarmes guarding the Paris Hall of Justice Gendarmerie motorcyclists police the roads and autoroutes of rural France. ... The entrance to the Ministry in Place Beauvau is guarded by one gendarme (to the left) and one policewoman (to the right). ...

The National Police operates mostly in large cities and towns. In that context:

• it conducts security operations (patrols, traffic control...)
• under the supervision of the judiciary, it conducts criminal enquiries, serves search warrants, etc.; it maintains specific services ("judiciary police") for criminal enquiries.

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Ranks

A police boat on the Seine River in Paris

The National Police is divided into three corps, in the terminology of the French Civil Service, in ascending order of seniority: ImageMetadata File history File links Paris_May1_2002_DCP_8415. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Paris_May1_2002_DCP_8415. ... This article is about the river in France; it should not be confused with the Senne, a much smaller river that flows through Brussels. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The French Civil Service (fonction publique) is the set of civil servants (fonctionnaires) working for the French government. ...

• The Corps de maîtrise et d'application (Authority and Enforcement Corps) corresponds approximately to the enlisted and non-commissioned ranks in a military force, or to constables and sergeants in a British-style civil police force.
  • Gardien de la paix stagiaire ("guardian of the peace, intern")
  • Gardien de la paix ("guardian of the peace")
  • Sous-brigadier
  • Brigadier
  • Brigadier-chef
  • Brigadier-major
• The Corps de commande et d'encadrement (Command and Management Corps) corresponds approximately to the lower commissioned ranks of a military force, or to grades of inspector in a British-style civil police force. These ranks were previously known as inspecteurs if detectives or officiers de la paix if uniformed, although CRS officers always used the current ranks.
  • Lieutenant student
  • Lieutenant intern
  • Lieutenant (formerly Officier de la paix or Inspecteur)
  • Capitaine (formerly Officer de la paix principal or Inspecteur principal)
  • Commandant (formerly Commandant or Inspecteur divisionnaire)
• The Corps de conception et de direction (Conception and Direction Corps) corresponds approximately to the higher commissioned ranks of a military force, or to grades of superintendent and chief officers in a British-style civil police force.
  • Commissaire de police (Police Commissioner)
  • Commissaire principal (Principal Commissioner)
  • Commissaire divisionnaire (Divisional Commissioner)
  • Contrôleur général (Controller General)
  • Inspecteur général (Inspector General)
  • Directeur des services actifs (Director of the Active Services)

The powers of making a full arrest, hearing suspects, overseeing searches ordered by the judiciary, etc. are restricted to members of the police or the gendarmerie with the qualification of "officer of judiciary police" (officier de police judiciaire or OPJ). Other officers are only "agents of judiciary police" (agents de police judiciaire or APJ) and have only limited competences, restricted to assisting the officers. See Police in France. A non-commissioned officer (sometimes noncommissioned officer), also known as an NCO or noncom, is a non-commissioned member of an armed force who has been given authority by a commissioned officer. ... A Constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly that of law-enforcement. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the rank of sergeant. ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ... Inspector is a rank in many police forces. ... A CRS officier in normal gear, standing by a Bastille Day parade The Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité (often abbreviated to CRS) are the riot control forces and general reserve of the French National Police. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... Jump to: navigation, search Captain is both a nautical term and a military rank. ... Commandant is a military or police title or rank and can mean any of the following: The commander of certain military corps and services, such as the Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Commandant of the Coast Guard in the United States or the Commandant of the (now obsolete... A superintendent is an individual that has executive oversight and administration rights, usually within an educational entity or organization. ... Inspector General is a fact finding officer whose responsibility is to investigate charges of corruption, fraud, waste and abuse and other complaints regarding government officials. ... // Organizations Agencies France has two national general-purpose law enforcement agencies: the Police Nationale (civilian force; primary responsibility in urban areas; run under the Ministry of the Interior) the Gendarmerie Nationale (military force; primary responsibility in rural areas and military installations; run under the Ministry of Defence and under operational...

Organization

The police is divided into directorates [1]:

• Direction de l'administration de la police nationale (Directorate of Administration of the National Police; DAPN)
• Direction de la formation de police nationale (Directorate of Training of the National Police; DFPN)
• Direction centrale de la police judiciaire (Central Directorate of Judicial Police; DCPJ) – major criminal investigations (known as "36 Quai des Orfèvres" in Paris)
• Direction centrale de la sécurité publique (Central Directorate of Public Security; DCSP) - uniformed patrol and response
• Direction de la surveillance du territoire (Directorate of Territorial Surveillance; DST) - counter-intelligence
• Direction centrale de la police aux frontières (Central Directorate of Border Police; DCPAF)
• Direction centrale des renseignements généraux (Central Directorate of General Information; DCRG) - records and research
• Inspection générale de la police nationale (Inspectorate General of the National Police; IPGN) - headed by the Inspector General and responsible for internal affairs
• Direction centrale des compagnies républicaines de sécurité (Central Directorate of the Republican Security Companies; DCCRS) - riot police
• Service de coopération technique internationale de police (Technical International Police Co-operation Service; SCTIP)
• Service de protection des hautes personnalités (Important Persons Protection Service; SPHP) - VIP protection, although the President of France is protected by the French Gendarmerie

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See also

• Police in France
• Préfecture
• National police

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External links

• Police Nationale (in French)
• Police Nationale (in English)
• Rank insignia of the French National Police