Excerpt from Memoirs of Vidocq, Principal Agent of the French Police Until 1827, Vol. 2 of 2

Under the ancien re'gime, the police had not thought of all the benefits they might reap from robbers, it only considered them as a species of amusement, and it was only at a subsequent period that a plan was devised for placing in their hands a portion of the charge of watching for the common security. Naturally the preference was due to the most famous robbers, because they were most probably the most intelligent.

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