Rural policeman

In France, rural policeman is a trade of the territorial public function of category C, pertaining to the die " Municipal police " within the meaning of the police force of the mayor.

Definition

Distinct as of his/her colleagues " agents of Municipal police " , the rural policemen exert more particularly in the rural areas and périurbaines. This trade was instituted at the sides of current the national police by the law of the September 29th and October 6th 1791. Nevertheless, one finds trace of this function at the most moved back times of the French history.

Formerly Judiciary police officers, they were since 1958, " civils servant in charge of certain functions of judicial police " within the meaning of article 15 of the criminal procedure code. Since March 2007, they are " assistant agents of judicial police " within the meaning of article 21 3° of the Criminal procedure code.

Named by the Mayor, approved by the Public prosecutor and sworn in, it rural policeman exerts missions of rural police force (police force of the campaigns) at the sides of the gendarmes and in the spirit of. For this reason, he seeks and notes the infringments and the offenses bearing reached with the rural and forest properties. He carries out the directives given by the mayor in the exercise of his policing powers. Its functions are directed towards the safeguarding of the environment, safety and the public health like, more recently, towards the road safety.

The rural policemen count among the agents in charge of certain functions of judicial police, in more than 150 scopes of application, of which that of the municipal police.

They hold important capacities by articles 15 and 22 to 25 of the Criminal procedure code.

The function is accessible by external contest organized by the accounts centres from the territorial public function (CDG). The rural policeman can exert in a commune (rural policeman communal) or in several (rural policeman inter-commune).

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