The National Police (French: Police nationale), formerly the Sûreté 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 145,699 emp...
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The National Police (French: Police nationale), formerly the Sûreté 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 145,699 employees (in April 2008).
The National Police operate mostly in large cities and towns. In that context:
The police is commanded by the director-general (directeur général de la police nationale) who is currently Frédéric Pechenard. The director-general is directly in charge of the DGPN (Direction Générale de la Police nationale, in English "General Directorate of the National Police") :
The police is then sub-divided into directorates:
, formerly the Direction de la formation de police nationale (Directorate of Training of the National Police;...
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