Louis Lépine
Deceased Person
1846 – 1933
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Who was Louis Lépine?
Louis Jean-Baptiste Lépine was an eminent lawyer, politician and inventor who was prefect of police for Paris from 1893 to 1897 and again from 1899 to 1913. He earned the nickname of "The Little Man with the Big Stick" for his skill in handling large Parisian crowds. He was responsible for the modernisation of the French Police Force. Under Lépine the study of forensic science as a tool of detection became standard practise.
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