1833. His name was Eugene Francois Vidocq. The name of his agency was Le bureau des reseignments, (Office of Intelligence.) His office was fully staffed with other ex-cons. His firm was the first to do a plaster cast of a shoe impression. Police often attempted to shut his company down with no avail. He was arrested in 1842 in what he believed to be a set up after solving an embezzlement case. The charges were false imprisonment and taking money under false pretenses. Vidocq was sentenced to
throughout Henrys jurisdiction. Apart from Henry Fielding another man who contributed significantly in this field was Eugene Francois Vidocq, once a criminal himself, today is known as father of criminology. In 1811 he started a detective unit called the Brigade de la Surete ( security brigade) which was later converted into the National Police force with Vidocq as the head of the unit. Vidocq is considered as the first private detective in the modern history. Another major event which took place in 1842