Inspection générale de la Police nationale

The IGPN is the internal general inspectorate for the French National Police, established by Décret n° 2013-784 of 28 August 2013, which merged the former IGPN and the Inspection générale des services (IGS) of the Préfecture de police into a single national body. Its director is a senior active police officer appointed by the Minister of the Interior at will.

The IGPN conducts administrative and judicial investigations into all personnel of the DGPN and Préfecture de police; its investigators have free access to all police premises, files, and records. On judicial matters it acts on requisitions from the judicial authority, enabling it to co-investigate use-of-force incidents alongside prosecutors. Disciplinary findings are referred to the competent authority; the IGPN cannot impose sanctions directly. All investigators are sworn police officers; no civilian-composition requirement exists.