De la police coloniale française à la police nationale marocaine : décolonisation et héritages policiers (1953-1960) by Benjamin Badier

“…Among the numerous institutional continuities between the French protectorate over the Cherifian Empire (1912-1956) and independent Morocco, the security forces, particularly the police, stand out. The General Directorate for National Security (DGSN), which remains at the core of the police apparatus to this day, was not created from scratch in 1956, but rather evolved from the Cherifian Police, the protectorate institution controlled by the French. …”
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