The Search and Intervention Brigade (Brigade de recherche et
d'intervention) is a unit of the French National Police.
The first units were formed in 1964 and carried out their
tasks under the command of the Paris prefecture.
BRIs are specialized in serious criminal cases such as armed
robbery and kidnappings. They typically attempt to catch offenders in the act
after monitoring their activities, a technique that was first experimented with
in the 1960s by the then-new Paris BRI. They use a mix of traditional
techniques and modern technology to collect and archive data about banditry.
In 1972, in the wake of the Munich massacre, it was decided
that BRI-PP would form the nucleus of a police tactical task force known as
Brigade Anticommando or BRI-BAC. BRI-BAC, when activated, is reinforced by
other specialised units of the Préfecture de police. It has been involved in
the resolution of hostage crises from its beginnings in the early 1970s to the
Porte de Vincennes siege in January 2015 and the "Bataclan" assault
during the November 2015 Paris attacks. In the Porte de Vincennes case, BRI-BAC
and the National Police's RAID operated together as part of the National Police
Intervention Force.
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