Section 3: Judicial police officers

The status of judicial police officer is granted by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior to peacekeepers who, pursuant to the article 20 (4° and 5°), have passed a technical examination covering criminal law, criminal procedure and civil liberties, after having received specific training. A joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister of the Interior sets…

The status of judicial police officer is granted, pursuant to the article 20-1, to those retired national police officers and those retired national gendarmerie military personnel called up to serve in the national police operational reserve or the national gendarmerie operational reserve who have served during their activity as a judicial police officer or agent for a period at least equal to five years. To qualify for this status, national…