Brigade de répression du proxénétisme (original) (raw)

The Brigade de répression du proxénétisme (BRP) is a judicial police service of the French National Police, responsible for the surveillance of prostitution and the repression of procuring. The service has had various forms of organization during the course of its history. It previously had been designated as the Brigade of Manners and the Brigade de Mondaine (Social Brigade), expressions that remain popular to this day. There are several brigades of this type; the most important is that of the Paris judicial police.