The tests for the police commissioner competition by the professional access route are suspended, due to suspicions of cheating between a candidate and the president of the jury, the senior civil servant Frédéric Dupuch.
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The investigators suspect the candidate, a commanding officer, of having "
benefited from information
" on the tests, transmitted by Inspector General Frédéric Dupuch, currently in office in the office of the Director General of the National Police (DGPN), Frédéric Veaux .
Searches took place at the DGPN, said the Paris prosecutor's office, while Frédéric Dupuch and the candidate should soon be heard by the investigators.
The general inspectorate of the national police (IGPN) is in charge of the investigation, which was opened on May 6 for "
fraud in an exam or a competition and complicity in this offense
", specified the prosecution.
This investigation will have to determine "
the extent of the fraud
", indicated the police source, adding that at this stage the hypothesis of "
individual fraud
" is preferred.
Provisional suspension of events
In the meantime, the Director General of the National Police “
has taken the decision to temporarily suspend the tests
”, announced the DGPN in a press release.
They “
will resume as soon as possible as soon as the conditions are met
”.
The competition via the professional access route concerns about fifteen people admitted each year.
The other two entrance examinations, internal and external, are not concerned by the investigation.
Frédéric Dupuch was notably director of proximity security for the Paris conurbation (DSPAP).
He had been sacked after the violence that occurred during the yellow vests demonstrations in 2019.
