Sûreté nationale

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Sûreté nationale ( German  "Nationale Sicherheit" ) was the official name of the Police nationale from 1944 to July 10, 1966 . Alongside the national gendarmerie, it was the main police executive body in France and was subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior .

history

At the end of 1811, Eugène François Vidocq was appointed head of the new security agency Sûreté , which he had organized under the umbrella of the Paris police.

The Sûreté initially had eight, then twelve, and finally 20 employees in 1823, and the following year it grew to 28. In addition, there were eight people who worked in secret for the security agency, but received a license for an arcade instead of a salary.

The Sûreté is considered a pioneer of all criminal police organizations in the world.

On April 23, 1941, the French police were nationalized under the Vichy regime and placed under the individual prefects; the term Police nationale was first used. The police prefecture of Paris was excluded .

This form of organization was largely maintained during the Fourth and Fifth French Republic .

In 1944 the Police nationale was replaced by the Sûreté nationale . On July 9, 1964, the previously independent police prefecture of Paris was subordinated to the Sûreté nationale , and on July 10, 1966, the final reorganization into the Police nationale in its current form took place.

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