Central Directorate of the Judicial Police


The Central Directorate of the Judicial Police is a directorate of the National Police of France with national and territorial competence for investigating and fighting serious crime.

Mission and responsibilities

, either with its central services that are of national competence or through its regional directorates.
Its responsibilities and focus evolved over time. In 2009, were directly mentioned:
The DCPJ is itself divided into sub-directorates:
But a major part of PJ in France is actually composed by territorial services.
It has a strength of 5,200 employees.

History

The first national judicial police was created in 1907 by Georges Clemenceau acting as Minister of the Interior, and Célestin Hennion. Before that, the police were local forces, and had trouble coping with new large gangs acting on broader areas, using cars and railways to move. The 12 Brigades régionales de police mobile ', based in major cities with large jurisdictions, totaled 500 strong, well trained, used Bertillon system, had telephones and quickly got cars. They got results, such as the arrest of the famous Bonnot Gang. "Le Tigre" being the nickname of Georges Clemenceau, they got called Brigades du Tigre ' and were featured in Les Brigades du Tigre. Nowadays the logo of the DCPJ figures a tiger and the silhouette of Clemenceau.