The General Commissioner is the head of the Federal police. He ensures specific missions, directs and coordinates the three general directorates.

He also has his own directorates and services within the General Commissioner’s Office.

He is assisted by a Cell Management Support.

The directorates of the General Commissioner:

• The Directorate of Operational Police Information
• The Directorate of International Police Cooperation
• The Directorate of Relations with the Local Police
• The Directorate of Special Units
• The 27 Decentralised Directorates of Coordination and Support

Directorate of Operational Police Information	Directorate of International Police Cooperation	Directorate of Relations with the Local Police	Directorate of Special Units	Decentralised Directorates of Coordination and Support

As the General Commissioner has to guarantee a more efficient integrated cooperation of the two levels of police as well as of the general directorates and directorates of the Federal Police, he is also responsible for the Decentralised Coordination and Support Directorates that are present in each judicial district. These decentralised Coordination and Support Directorates offer assistance and coordination in those missions of the administrative police services that concern more than one police zone. They are the linchpin between the local police services and the Federal Police.

The services of the General Commissioner:

• The Press Service
• The Public Relations and Protocol Service
• The Historical Service
• The National Security Plan Service
• The Contact Point DirCo (co-ordinating director) Service
• The Internal Audit Service
• The Integrated Management Service

Press Service	Public Relations and Protocol Service	Historical Service	National Security Plan Service	Contact Point DirCo Service

The General Commissioner’s Office is in charge of the police data processing for the Federal Police and the Local Police, including the management of the National General Database and of the Central Weapons Registry, the dissemination of national and international criminal descriptions within the police services, etc.

It controls and manages the Information and Communication Centres (CIC).

It also maintains contacts with the European Police Office (EUROPOL) and the International Police Office (INTERPOL).

The General Commissioner’s Office develops collaboration with foreign police services. It provides support to the local police services in the field of organisational development, financial management, drawing up of local security plans, etc.

Finally, it manages and co-ordinates the special units with a view to applying special investigation methods in the field of observation and infiltration, special surveillance missions, protection and intervention, victim identification (DVI), etc.