Suspected of cheating during the professional competition for commissioner, Frédéric Dupuch, who chaired the jury for this examination, and a candidate were indicted on Wednesday May 25 for "
fraud in a public competition
", we learned. from a judicial source confirming information from Le Point.
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Both were placed under judicial control with “
various contact bans and ban on exercising the activity of police officer
”, the same source added.
The senior civil servant Frédéric Dupuch had been suspended by the director general of the national police, Frédéric Veaux on May 11 as soon as suspicions of fraud became known.
It was the same for the candidate, a commander in post at the legal center of the DGPN.
The general inspectorate of the national police (IGPN) had been in charge of the investigation, opened on May 6 for "
fraud in an exam or a competition and complicity in this offense
".
The investigators suspected this woman of having "
benefited from information
" on the tests, transmitted by Frédéric Dupuch.
It was about the contest by the way of professional access, with about fifteen admitted each year.
The other two entrance examinations, internal and external, are not affected.
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The candidate wiretapped to monitor her brother
This case was brought to light during judicial wiretaps targeting the candidate, according to sources familiar with the matter.
This is how the investigators intercepted exchanges between this woman and the director on the escape of the subjects.
The candidate had been wiretapped to watch her brother, targeted in a separate investigation in the North and who was difficult to locate due to his regular changes of phone chips.
The tests of this competition had been canceled on May 14 because of this affair.
They will again take place at the beginning of July for the writings and at the beginning of September for the orals.
Frédéric Dupuch was responsible at the DGPN for steering the reform of the national police.
This reform, reviled by the judicial police sector, consists of bringing together, at the level of the department, the different professions (public security, judicial police, border police, and intelligence).
So that the implementation of this reform, scheduled for early 2023, is not delayed, Grégory Frély, Inspector General, who was an adviser to the cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Castex, has been appointed to take over this project.