The French national security police, growing from the Brigade de Surete that Eugene Francois Vidocq organized informally at the end of 1811 and that was formally established in October 1812 under the Prefecture of Police, the origin of plainclothes criminal investigation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Institution TypeSourced to the subject's own account Founded YearSourced to the subject's own accountThe year Vidocq's Brigade de Surete began operating in Paris. HeadquartersSourced to the subject's own account Institution Type
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Was Vidocq himself a criminal before he ran the Surete?
Yes. He spent much of his early adult life in and out of prison for petty crimes and forgery before offering his services to the Paris police in 1809, then founded and led the Brigade de Surete, staffed largely with agents who were themselves former convicts.
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Vidocq's successor as head of the Surete after Vidocq's November 1832 resignation.
Source Wikipedia: Eugene Francois Vidocq
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Source Wikipedia: Eugene Francois Vidocq
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Founding of the security brigade, 1811
At the end of 1811, Vidocq informally organized a plainclothes unit, the Brigade de Surete ("Security Brigade").
- Founded By: Eugene Francois Vidocq
Associated With: Pierre Allard, article body, succession after 1832 resignation
Vidocq's successor was Pierre Allard.
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In Group: Historic and Founding Police Forces, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: Historic and Founding Police Forces, Lead sentence
Eugène-François Vidocq (French: [øʒɛn fʁɑ̃swa vidɔk]; 24 July 1775-11 May 1857) was a French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, and Honoré de Balzac. He was the founder and first director of France's first criminal investigative agency, the Sûreté Nationale, as well as the head of the first known private detective agency.
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