Section 2: Judicial police officers

The technical examination for national police judicial police officers provided for in article R. 5 of the present code civil servants in the management and application corps with at least three years’ service in the corps on 1 January of the year of the examination.

The list of candidates admitted to sit the technical examination is drawn up by the director of the police academy and approved by the director general of the national police force.

The technical examination for judicial police officers of the national police comprises: 1° A practical written test in general criminal law and special criminal law (duration: three hours – coefficient 2); 2° A practical written test in criminal procedure on a case of crime, misdemeanour or contravention (duration: four hours – coefficient 3); 3° An oral test of a simulated telephone report to a magistrate organised on the basis of…

The syllabus for the examination provided for in the preceding article is as follows: Criminal procedure L’action publique et l’action civile: notions générales. The authorities vested by law with judicial police duties: – the judicial police; – the public prosecutor; – the investigating magistrate. Investigations, identity checks: – legal frameworks; – identity checks, verifications and records. Investigation: – first and second instance; – judicial supervision and pre-trial detention; – rogatory…

The rules for selecting and preparing candidates for the technical examination are set out in a circular from the Minister of the Interior.

The date of the technical examination and the subjects of the tests are set by the commission provided for in article 16 (2° and 4°) of this code on the proposal of the director of the police academy.

The physical organisation of the technical examination tests, which are held in one or more centres, is the responsibility of the police academy in accordance with the directives issued by the Minister of the Interior. During the tests, candidates may only have : – codes (which may be annotated by the publisher, but not commented on) ; – printouts of the Journal officiel (without commentary). Candidates may not, under penalty…

In the month following the examination, the chairman convenes a meeting of the examination board to establish the marking standards and to allocate the papers to the markers. The anonymity of the papers is ensured by the use of a suitable technical procedure. The chairman of the jury sets the date by which the corrected papers must reach the secretariat of the committee.

The secretariat of the committee submits to the chair of the jury: 1° Copies for which an eliminatory mark is proposed, under the conditions laid down in article A. 15 of this code. These copies are marked a second time by a member appointed by the chair of the jury and belonging to a different panel (magistracy, police) to the one to which the first marker belongs; The final mark…