“We don’t know much about the IGPN, that’s why we criticize it a lot,” said journalist Frédéric Charpier.

Frédéric Charpier is a journalist specializing in intelligence and police affairs. In his latest book, IGPN: An institution above all suspicion?, he wonders if the police force, the IGPN, is an institution above all suspicion. IGPN is the subject of much criticism. “We don’t know her well, that’s also why we criticize her a lot, explains Frédéric Charpier. He is sometimes brought to trial which are fair, others which are false, which are malicious. ”

“But the criticisms can sometimes be justified, nuance the journalist. The police fear her. For them, often, it rhymes with obstacle, fussy, harassment … It is often very badly lived. “ The IGPN conducts administrative and judicial inquiries. It can go as far as investigating the privacy of police officers. “She has more and more possibilities for action in areas that were not areas that she had before, in particular domestic violence, indicates Frédéric Charpier. It also plays a leading role in the field of radicalization. ”

Are the police not more severe with the rascals than with a disproportionate use of force? “It is true that when the police focus on one of their own who has committed a criminal, villainous crime, they rarely miss it. It can be extremely harsh and lead to investigations which are devastating”, assures the journalist. But is the IPGN above suspicion? “No, no institution is (…), we all have a duty to look with suspicion at what people who have authority do.”