Section 2: Judicial police officers

The commission provided for in Article 16 (2° and 4°) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, whose assent is required for the appointment of members of the national gendarmerie and civil servants from the national police corps d’encadrement et d’application to whom the status of judicial police officer is granted, is composed as follows: 1° The public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation or his delegate chosen by him from…

The commission’s secretariat is provided by the National Gendarmerie Schools Command and the National Police Central Recruitment and Training Directorate.

The status of judicial police officer may be awarded: – to gendarmerie non-commissioned officers who have passed the tests of a technical examination and have at least thirty months’ service from the start of their initial training, including at least six months in a post involving the exercise of the powers attached to the status of judicial police officer ; – to civil servants in the national police management and…

The commission provided for in article R. 3 shall determine the date and subjects of the tests for the technical examinations for judicial police officers of the national police and gendarmerie.

The jury for the technical examination for judicial police officers of the national gendarmerie is composed as follows: 1° The public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation or his delegate chosen by him from among the first advocates general and advocates general at the Cour de cassation, chairman; 2° The director general of the national gendarmerie or his representative ; 3° The head of the general inspectorate of the national…

The jury for the technical examination for judicial police officers of the national police is composed as follows: 1° The public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation or his delegate chosen by him from among the first advocates general and advocates general at the Court of Cassation, chairman; 2° The director general of the national police or his representative; 3° The director, head of the general inspectorate of the national…

The members of the technical examination panels referred to in articles R. 7 and R. 8 are appointed by joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister of the Interior. The members of the juries mentioned in 5° and 6° of articles R. 7 and R. 8 may not serve on the jury for more than eight years, regardless of whether they are full…

The granting of the status of judicial police officer to candidates who pass the technical examination is pronounced, following the assent of the commission provided for in article R. 3, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior.