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The Direction centrale de la police aux frontières (DCPAF; en, Central Directorate of the Border Police) is a directorate of the
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that is responsible for
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at certain border crossing points in
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. It was established in 1973 as ''police de l'air et des frontières''. On 29 January 1999, it was given its current name, and its existing organisational character was determined in 2011. It works alongside its British counterpart, the UK Border Force, at the
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in Calais and along the Channel Tunnel Rail Link; and at the Port of Dover with
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have replaced the Border Police in carrying out immigration control at smaller
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s, in particular at maritime ports and regional airports.


Organisation

DCPAF is headed by a central director assisted by a deputy central director and includes 2 different commands: *A central command, consisting of a staff, support services, and 3 sub-directorates; *A territorial command, made up of DCPAF's zonal directorates. DCPAF has 10,088 agents as of January 1, 2013.


Central Command

The central command of DCPAF, headed by a central director and senior police officers from the design and management body, is composed of: *A staff, *Irregular immigration and territorial services sub-directorate, to which is attached the Central Office for the Suppression of Irregular Immigration and the Employment of Untitled Foreigners ( OCRIEST) which coordinates and animates the activity deployed by the investigative units (mobile research brigades - BMR) of the decentralised services, *a Resources Branch, *a sub-directorate for cross-border international affairs and security, in particular responsible for monitoring relations with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX), *the National Railway Police Service.


Territorial Command

The DCPAF extends its action throughout the national territory of France and overseas through a territorial network based on 7 zonal directorates (DZPAF North, DZPAF East, DZPAF South East, DZPAF South, DZPAF South West, DZPAF West, DZPAF Antilles-Guyane), 2 airport directorates (
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/ Paris–Le Bourget Airport), 4 directorates (DPAF
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, St Pierre and Miquelon and
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), 45 departmental directorates (DDPAF), 7 railway brigades, 7 poles of analysis and operational management, 10 brigades of aeronautical police. 15 administrative detention centers are controlled by the DCPAF.


See also

* List of border crossing points in France *
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Direction centrale de la police aux frontieres National Police (France) Immigration to France