C%C3%A9lestin Hennion

Clestin Hennion MC ONI OLH CVO was a French police officer who rose to head the Prefecture of Police . He was responsible for the reorganisation of the Prfecture and the introduction of the Tigers Brigades160 , ancestor of the French judicial police. In France, he is considered to be one of the pioneers of modern policing.

Hennion was born in Gommegnies in 1862, to Joseph Ghislain Hannion, a farm labourer, and Mary Catherine Basilaire and he was educated at Lycee Le Quesnoy. After leaving grammar school he joined the French Army, and was posted to Tunisia as part of the 110th Infantry Regiment, from 1880 until 1885 during which time Tunisia became a French Protectorate.

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