Head office of the national police force

The head office of the national police force (DGPN), placed under the aegis of the ministry for the interior, supervises in particular the French Police.

The law of orientation and coding relative to the safety of January 1995 stated the priority missions of the National police force, confirmed by the Loi of orientation and programming for the internal security of August 2002.

Missions

The DGPN has the role:

to ensure the safety of the people, the goods and the institutions
to control the migratory flux and to fight against illegal immigration
to fight against organized criminality, the great delinquency and drug
to protect the country against the external threat and terrorism
to maintain the law and order

Organization

To conclude its missions, it is based on eight great directions, three great services as several units which are directly attached to him.

Directions

direction of the administration of the national police force (DAPN)
direction of the formation of national police force (DFPN)
the Central management of the judicial police (DCPJ)
the central management of public safety (DCSP)
the Direction of the monitoring of the territory (DST)
the central management of the police force at borders (DCPAF)
the Central management of the General informations (DCRG)
the central management of the republican companies of safety (DCCRS)

Services

the General inspection of the national police force (IGPN)
service of international technical collaboration of police force (SCTIP)
the Protection service of the eminent personages (SPHP)

Note: To note that for Paris, the whole of these missions are entrusted to the Police headquarter of Paris.

Units depending directly on the managing director of the national police force

the mission of fight against drugs (MILAD)
the unit of coordination of the fight anti-terrorist (UCLAT)
security service of the ministry for interior (SSMI)
automobile central service (SCA)
the research unit, assistance, intervention and dissuasion (RAID)
service from information and communication of the national police force (SICOP)
the delegation with the victims (DAV)
historical service of the national police force
operational service of day before national police force (SVOPN)

Means

Average materials

The head office of the national police force has average materials in adequacy with the whole of the missions which are entrusted to him:

individual armament and terrestrial collective
screen printed and standardized vehicle of intervention
transport aircraft and helicopter of monitoring and intervention

Human means

The head office of the national police force is made up of various personnel:

personal of the active services: approximately 145.000 personal civils servant
of the personal administrative services
of the services techinic and scientific

Director

Since June 2007, the new managing director of the national police force is Frederic Péchenard which succeeded Michel Gaudin become prefect of police of Paris.

This nomination illustrates well the paradox of a police headquarter placed, in theory, under the orders of the DGPN and whose management position is in fact more coveted than that of presumedly higher sound.

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