Inspection générale de la Police

Summary

The Inspection générale de la Police (IGP) is Luxembourg's external control body for the Grand Ducal Police, established under the Loi du 18 juillet 2018. It is placed under the direct authority of the Minister of Home Affairs and the functional authority of the Minister of Justice and the General Prosecutor. The IGP has a right of general and permanent inspection over all police services (legality control, arts. 4–6), conducts quality audits (art. 7), and — crucially — its inspectors hold judicial police officer status (art. 8), enabling them to conduct independent criminal and UOF investigations into police officers under prosecutorial direction. The IGP carries out disciplinary instruction, but formal initiation of disciplinary proceedings remains with the General Directorate of Police. The General Inspector is required by statute to have previously served in the judiciary, creating structural separation from the police; the Deputy General Inspector may be a police officer, making the leadership composition mixed. The IGP has full access to police records, files, and documents necessary for its inspection mandate. Annual reports are published.