MALAGASY NATIONAL POLICE

VL INSPECTIONS
A. National Police General Headquarters
1. The National Police General Headquarters is located in the.cen­
ter of the Tananarive governmett offices district. The building is a
one and two story brick structure of French colonial style. The Direc­
tor General's office, the General File Section, the Fiscal Office and
many of the other supervisory offices appeared to be well-maintained and
were fully staffed by Mal'gasy nationals. Numerous French nationals
were present, some still in line of command but mainly in the.capacity
of technical advisors. The relationship between the French officers -
and the Malagasy police officers gave every evidence of being one of
friendliness and cooperation.
2. In one wing of the building, spacious and well appointed resi­
dential quarters are provided for the Director General and his family.
B. Identification Bureau
1. Since 1901 Madagascar has had a criminal identification service,
_bgttprknown then,as-the-lAnthropometric-Service..I Physical.character­
istics were recorded and classified according to the Bertillon system.
This system was further supplemented by a rather simple dactyloscopic
system adjusted to the needs of the Malagasy people by French Police
InspectorBrasnu.- Branches of this service were installed in Tamatave,
Majunga, Fianarantsoa, and Didgo-Suarez. All of these provincial of­
fices were also equipped with anthropometric measuring equipment.
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