What is a homicide detective in Paris, France called?”
…Lieutenant, formerly Officier de la paix or Inspecteur. His boss would be Capitaine (formerly Officer de la paix principal or Inspecteur principal), and the boss of bosses would be Commandant (formerly Commandant or Inspecteur divisionnaire). In Paris a homicide would be investigated by a branch of the French National Police, or the Police Nationale (the main civil law enforcement agency of France, with primary jurisdiction in cities and large towns). This would be the Préfecture de Police (Prefecture of Police), which provides police and security services in the Paris area. The National Police maintains a special service called the “judicial police” for criminal enquiries such as murder investigations. This is the Direction centrale de la police judiciaire (Central Directorate of Judicial Police; DCPJ) – major criminal investigations (known as “36 Quai des Orfèvres” in Paris) (It is actually located at 11 rue des Saussaies.) This is the division out of which a homicide detective wo
