Talk:Central Directorate of Public Security

Uniformed branch?

The article referred to the Directorate as the "uniformed branch" of the French National Police, but then went on to say that it includes plainclothes officers. I resolved this contradiction by changing "uniformed" to "patrol and response", which is how the directorate is described in the main FNP article. ---Isaac R 05:50, 14 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough, although I should point out that this is not always appropriate. In the British police, for instance, the Uniformed Branch does include plainclothes officers (such as the Royalty Protection officers), in contrast to the Criminal Investigation Department, who are specialist detectives. It may sound like a contradiction, but it's the case. I don't know whether this also holds true in the French police. -- Necrothesp 14:02, 14 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting example. Question is, "Uniformed Branch" an official title, or law enforcement professional jargon? The article you point to doesn't answer that question, but I seem to recall that it's an official title. If that's true, then your example isn't applicable since "Uniformed" is not part of the official title of the DCSP. On the other hand, if law enforcement officials conventionally refer to this kind of organization as a "uniformed branch" even when it has non-uniformed personnel, I should maybe change the reference back. ---Isaac R 16:21, 14 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Protection of personalities is done by the service de protection des hautes personnalités (S.P.H.P.), which seems to have the same level than the DCSP in the organigramme of the police [1]. Rama 15:35, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]