Frédéric Péchenard (born 12 March 1957 in

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

) is a French police officer and high civil servant with the Ministry of the Interior. He has served as General Director of the French National Police from 11 June 2007 to May 2012.

Biography

Péchenard studied at Lycée Carnot and earned a Master in Law. In 1981, he joined the Ecole nationale supérieure de la police. Two years later, he headed the commissariat of Chaillot for one year, before being transferred as leader of the investigation unit of the 2nd division of the Police Judiciaire. From 1988 to 1990, he headed a section at the Drugs and Proxenetism Brigade. Péchenard headed the Anti-terrorism section of the Criminal Brigade from 1990 to 1991, after which he served as adjoint chief of the BRI. In May 1993, he was the second in command at the BRB during the Neuilly kindergarten affair. Between 1994 and 1996, he was chief of the Criminal Brigade, before rising to commissaire divisionnaire and heading the BRB. From 2000, he supervised the Criminal Brigade at the Direction de la police judiciaire at the

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. In December 2003, he was made sub-director of economic and financial affairs, before being promoted to contrôleur général in 2004. In 2006, he was promoted to ''directeur des services actifs'' of the Prefecture of Police, in charge of the regional criminal police. The same year, he was awarded a

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by Privacy International for promoting the FNAEG Starting 11 June 2007, Péchenard has served as General director of National Police. On 11 March 2009, he was also made a préfet hors cadre, with a public service mission from the Government. He was dismissed by the new French Homeland Security minister Manuel Valls in May 2012.Valls remplace le trio de tête de la hiérarchie policière
/ref> Following the direction of the French National Police, he is made "Délégué interministeriel à la sécurité routière" (Road traffic safety) on 30 May 2012. Péchenard teaches at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Police, and gives occasional lectures at the Institute of Criminology of Panthéon-Assas University

Works

* ''Piège pour une flic'', Frédéric Péchenard and Luc Jacob-Duvernet, Anne Carrière, 2003 * ''Gardien de la Paix'', Frédéric Péchenard, Michel Lafon, September 2007

Honours

* Legion of Honour

Sources and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pechenard, Frederic 1957 births Living people French police chiefs Lycée Carnot alumni People from Neuilly-sur-Seine Politicians from Île-de-France Officiers of the Légion d'honneur The Republicans (France) politicians