Josef Mareš (born 25 February 1964) is a Czech screenwriter and former police officer. He was the head of the homicide department of the regional directorate of the Police of the Czech Republic in Prague. He is the co-author of the scripts for the television series ''

Případy 1. oddělení Případy 1. oddělení (''Cases of the 1st Department'' in English) is a Czech crime television series. The series is based on real criminal cases investigated by Czech Police. People involved in screenwriting of the series include Jan Malinda (j ...

'', '' Nineties'' and ''

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''.

Biography

Mareš was born on 25 February 1964 in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. In the years 1983–1988, he studied technical cybernetics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the

Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) () is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Central Europe. It is also the oldest non-military technical universi ...

. He started with the

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in 1990 as an investigator at the District Office of Investigation in Prague 4. He worked at the homicide department from 1992 until 30 November 2019, when he retired to civilian life after disagreements with his superior Radka Drexlerová. In 2001–2006, he was the head of the 1st department of the Prague murder party, then he served as deputy commander of the Criminal Police and Investigation Service (2006–2009). In 2010–2019, he once again served as the head of the homicide department. The most famous cases, in which he participated in the investigation, were the case of

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, the murder of Ludvika Jonáková, the wife of the controversial businessman , murders connected with the illegal trade in light heating oils, and the murder of Anna Janatková. In 2022, he played Ensign Jan Vetchý in the series '' Nineties''. He is a big fan of

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. On 20 October 2022, he published his first book, Josef Mareš: My cases from the 1st department. On 16 January 2023, he was nominated for the Film Fans Award, for the ''Nineties'' series. On 4 February 2023, he was nominated for a Film Critics Award, but did not win the award. In 2023, he appeared in the series ''

'' as Marek Tomášek. In 2020, he started working at the

Office for the Documentation and the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism The Office of the Documentation and the Investigation of the Crimes of Communism (, abbrev. ÚDV) is the Czech police subdivision which investigated criminal acts from 1948 to 1989 which were unsolvable for political reasons during the Czechoslov ...

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