Brigade de recherche et d'intervention

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The Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention (Research and Intervention Brigade, BRI), often called "Anti-Gang Brigade", is an elite police special unit of the French Ministry of the Interior (Ministère de l'Intérieur).

It is specialised in very serious cases of robbery, or hostage kidnappings. It typically attempts to catch offenders in the act after monitoring their activities for some time.

The unit has very modern equipment and is also in charge of collecting and archiving data about banditry.

[edit] Trivia

• The BRI are featured in the 2004 film 36 Quai des Orfèvres.

[edit] See also

• Brigade de répression du banditisme
• Brigade Régionale d'Enquête et de Coordination
• Unité de coordination de la lutte antiterroriste
• Service de protection des hautes personnalités
• Unité mobile d'intervention et de protection de la Préfecture de Police

[edit] External links

• (French) le.cos.free.fr
• (French) raid.admin.free.fr