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Préfecture de Police
Area covered |
| Area |
City of Paris & Petite Couronne |
| Size |
762 km² |
| Population |
6,557,500 (Jan. 1, 2007) |
| Operations |
| Formed |
1667, disbanded in 1789, refounded in
1800 |
| HQ |
Paris |
| Officers |
34,000 |
| Districts |
15 |
| Stations |
87 |
| Préfet de Police |
Michel Gaudin |
| Website |
Préfecture de Police |
Plaque on the façade of the Prefecture of Police, commemorating the
50th anniversary of the
liberation of Paris
The Prefecture of Police (French: Préfecture de Police),
headed by the Prefect of Police (Préfet de
Police), is an agency of the Government of France (and part of
the French National
Police) which provides the police force for the city of Paris and the surrounding three suburban départements of Hauts-de-Seine,
Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne. It is
also in charge of emergency
services, such as the Paris Fire Brigade, and performs
administrative duties, such as issuing ID cards and driver licenses
or monitoring alien residents. The Prefecture of Police also has
limited security duties in the wider Île-de-France région.
The prefecture is a large building located in the Île de la
Cité.
As it is the capital of France, with government assemblies and offices
and foreign embassies, Paris poses special issues of security and
public order. Consequently, the national government has been
responsible for providing law enforcement and emergency services
since the creation of the Lieutenancy General of Police
(lieutenance générale de police) by Louis XIV on March 15,
1667. Disbanded at the start of the French Revolution in 1789, it was
replaced by the current Prefecture of Police created by Napoléon I on February 17, 1800. This means
that Paris does not have its own police municipale and
that the Police Nationale provides these services
directly as a subdivision of France's Ministry of the
Interior.
Jurisdiction
The jurisdiction of the Prefecture of Police was initially the
Seine département. Its jurisdiction also
included the communes (municipalities) of Saint-Cloud, Sèvres, Meudon, and Enghien-les-Bains, which were located
in the Seine-et-Oise département. These four communes were
added in the 19th century to the jurisdiction of the Prefecture of
Police in order to ensure special protection of the imperial/royal
residences located there.
The Seine département was disbanded in 1968 and the
jurisdiction of the Prefecture of Police is now the city of Paris
(which is both a commune and a département) and the three
surrounding départements of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne. This
territory made up of four départements is larger than the
pre-1968 Seine département.
The Prefecture of Police also has limited jurisdiction over the
whole Île-de-France région for the coordination of law
enforcement. The Prefect of Police, acting as Prefect of the
Defense Zone of Paris (Préfet de la Zone de Défense de
Paris), is in charge of planning non-military defense measures
to keep public order, guarantee the security of public services,
and organize rescue operations (in case of natural disaster) for
the whole Île-de-France région (which is made up of eight
départements, the four inner ones being the regular
jurisdiction of the Prefecture of Police, and the four outer ones
being outside of its regular jurisdiction). As such, he coordinates
the work of the departmental préfets of
Île-de-France.
Nomination and missions
Headed by a prefect
titled The "Prefect of Police", who (as are all prefects) is named
by the President in the Council of
Ministers, and operates under the Minister of the Interior,
commands the Prefecture which is responsible for the
following:
- security of Paris, if necessary in collaboration with the military;
- issuing identification cards, drivers licenses, passports,
residential and work permits for foreigners;
- motor vehicle registration and traffic control;
- registration of associations, and their creation,
status modification and dissolution;
- protection of the environment, general salubrity;
- determining the dates of discount sales in large stores which
can be held only twice a year;
- issuing permits to bakeries/boulangeries for their summer
vacation to assure that all the bakeries in a given neighborhood
are not closed at the same time;
- management the police and firefighters.
The Prefect of Police can issue arrêtés (local writs) defining
rules pertaining to his field of competency. For instance, the
rules of operation and security of Paris public parks are issued as
joint arrêtés from the Mayor of Paris and
the Prefect of Police.
The current Prefect of Police is Michel Gaudin.
Until 1977, Paris had indeed no mayor and the police was
essentially in the hands of the préfet de police. However,
the powers of the mayor of Paris were increased at the expense of
those of the Préfet de Police in 2002, notably for traffic
and parking decisions (the préfet retains the
responsibility on main thoroughfares such as the Champs-Élysées avenue, and on any street
during the organization of demonstrations).
Since the Prefect of Police is not directly responsible to local
government officials, priorities of the police in Paris do not
necessarily match those of the local populace. For example, the
police in Paris show little or no interest in enforcing laws
dealing with owners removing dog excrement from sidewalks as can be
readily seen by visitors to Paris. Suburban areas with their own
police are more effective in enforcing this law.
There is also a prefect of Paris, prefect for the Île-de-France region, whose services handle
some tasks not devoted to the Police Prefect, such as certain
classes of building permits.
Address
Paris Police Headquarters
Organization
The PP is headed by a politically appointed prefect who is
assisted by the prevote, who is the senor police officer
of the force. The Prefecture of Police is divided into three
sub-prefectures headed by prefects due to their importance.
Because the Police Prefecture provides some services that are
normally provided by city governments, its funding partially comes
from the City of Paris and other city governments within its
jurisdiction.
In addition to forces from the National Police, the Police
Prefecture has traffic wardens or crossing guards
who enforce parking rules; it has recently added some wardens that
direct traffic at crossroads and other similar duties, known as
circulation, with specific uniforms.
Prefect and Director of
the Cabinet
Consists of the Cabinet (staff) itself
and 6 Local Directorates:
- Public Security-uniformed police officers
- Lost and Found Property
- Central Accident Service
- Public Order and Traffic Control - uniformed police who protect
public buildings, provide crowd and traffic control services.
- Judicial Police-detectives and investigators
- General Information-records
- Inspectorate - internal affairs
- Paris
Fire Brigade - The military Brigade de Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris which
provides all fire and emergency ambulance services. Other emergency
medical services are provided by SAMU/SMUR.
and other agencies:
- Classified Facility Inspectorate
- Psychiatric Infirmary
- Toxicology Laboratory
- Central Laboratory-explosives, pollution, chemical
analysis,electrical and fire safety, etc.
Prefect and Secretary General for the Administration of the
Police
with four Administrative Directorates:
- General Police-Administrative police duties
- Traffic, Transport and Trade
- Population Protection - Public health matters.
- Human Resources - Personnel, budget, equipment and police labor
disputes.
Prefect
and Secretary General for the Zone of Defence
with two agencies:
Resources
- Budget
- One billion Euros by National
government
- 488 million Euros by Paris and surrounding departments of the
little crown.
- Personnel
- 45,860 employees, of which 30,200 police officers
- 8,300 Military Personnel of the Paris Fire Brigade
- 494 Facilities, stations and offices
- 6120 Vehicles-includes police cars, firetrucks, motorcycles,
boats and helicopters.
Activities
- 350000 incidents of crime reports
- two million administrative documents issues
- 200000 drivers licenses issued
List of
lieutenant generals and prefects of police
Before the French Revolution, the head of the
Paris Police was the lieutenant général de police, whose
office was created in March 1667 when the first modern police force
in the world was set up by the government of King Louis
XIV to police the city of Paris. The office vanished at the
start of the French Revolution and police was vested in the hands
of the Paris Commune.
Reorganized by Napoléon
Bonaparte in 1800, the Paris Police has been headed by the
préfet de police since that time.
Lieutenant generals of
police
- Gabriel Nicolas de la
Reynie: March 29, 1667 – January 29, 1697
- Marc René de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis
d'Argenson: January 29, 1697 – January 28, 1718
- Louis Charles de Machault d'Arnouville (father of French
statesman Jean-Baptiste de
Machault d'Arnouville): January 28, 1718 – January 26,
1720
- Marc Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte
d'Argenson (son of Marc René): January 26 – July 1, 1720
- Gabriel Taschereau de
Baudry: July 1, 1720 – April 26, 1722
- Marc Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d'Argenson: April 26,
1722 – January 28, 1724
- Nicolas Ravot d'Ombreval:
January 28, 1724 – August 28, 1725
- René
Hérault (grandfather of French Revolution politician Hérault de Séchelles):
August 28, 1725 – December 21, 1739
- Claude-Henri Feydeau de Marville: December 21, 1739 – May 27,
1747
- Nicolas René Berryer: May 27, 1747
– October 29, 1757
- Henri Léonard Jean-Baptiste Bertin: October 29, 1757 – November
21, 1759
- Antoine de Sartine: November 21,
1759 – August 24, 1774
- Jean Charles Pierre Lenoir: August 24, 1774 – May 14, 1775
- Joseph d'Albert: May 14, 1775 – June 19, 1776
- Jean Charles Pierre Lenoir: June 19, 1776 – July 31, 1785
- Louis Thiroux de Crosne: July
31, 1785 – July 16, 1789
Source: Centre historique des
Archives nationales, Série Y, Châtelet de Paris, on page 38 of
the PDF.
Prefects of
police
- Louis-Nicolas Dubois: March 8, 1800 – October 14, 1810
- Étienne-Denis Pasquier: October
14, 1810 – May 13, 1814
- Jacques Claude Beugnot: May 13 –
December 27, 1814
- Antoine-Balthazar-Joseph d'André: December 27, 1814 – March 14,
1815
- Louis Antoine Fauvelet
de Bourrienne: March 14 – March 20, 1815
- Pierre-François Réal: March 20 – July 3, 1815
- Eustache Marie Pierre Marc-Antoine Courtin: July 3 – July 9,
1815
- Élie Decazes: July 9 – September 29,
1815
- Jules Anglès: September 29, 1815 – December 20, 1821
- Guy Delavau: December 20, 1821 – January 6, 1828
- Louis-Marie Debelleyme: January 6, 1828 – August 13, 1829
- Claude
Mangin: August 13, 1829 – July 30, 1830
- Nicolas Bavoux: July 30 – August 1, 1830
- Louis Gaspard Amédée Girod de l'Ain: August 1 – November 7,
1830
- Achille Libéral Treilhard: November 7 – December 26, 1830
- Jean Jacques Baude: December 26, 1830 – February 21, 1831
- Alexandre François Vivien: February 21 – September 17,
1831
- Sébastien Louis Saulnier: September 17 – October 15, 1831
- Henri Gisquet: October 15, 1831 – September 10, 1836
- Gabriel Delessert: September 10, 1836 – February 24, 1848
- Marc
Caussidière: February 24 – May 18, 1848
- Ariste Jacques Trouvé-Chauvel: May 18 – July 19, 1848
- François-Joseph Ducoux: July 19 – October 14, 1848
- Guillaume François Gervais: October 14 – December 20, 1848
- Chéri Rebillot: December 20, 1848 – November 8, 1849
- Pierre Carlier: November 8, 1849 – October 27, 1851
- Charlemagne de Maupas: October 27, 1851 – January 22, 1852
- Sylvain Blot (acting): January 23 – January 27, 1852
- Pierre-Marie Piétri: January 27, 1852 – March 16, 1858
- Symphorien Boittelle: March 16, 1858 – February 21, 1866
- Joseph-Marie Piétri (younger brother of Pierre-Marie Piétri):
February 21, 1866 – September 4, 1870
- Émile de Kératry: September 4 –
October 10, 1870
- Edmond Adam (husband of French writer Juliette Adam): October 11 – November 2,
1870
- Ernest Cresson: November 2, 1870 – February 11, 1871
- Albert Choppin (acting): February 11 – March 16, 1871
- Louis Ernest Valentin: March 16 – November 17, 1871
- Léon Renault: November 17, 1871 – February 9, 1876
- Félix
Voisin: February 9, 1876 – December 17, 1877
- Albert Gigot: December 17, 1877 – March 3, 1879
- Louis Andrieux (natural father of famous French poet Louis Aragon): March
4, 1879 – July 16, 1881
- Jean Louis Ernest Camescasse: July 16, 1881 – April 23,
1885
- Félix-Alexandre Gragnon: April 23, 1885 – November 17,
1887
- Léon
Bourgeois: November 17, 1887 – March 10, 1888
- Henri-Auguste Lozé: March 10, 1888 – July 11, 1893
- Louis
Lépine: July 11, 1893 – October 14, 1897
- Charles Blanc: October 14, 1897 – June 23 ,1899
- Louis
Lépine: June 23, 1899 – March 29, 1913
- Célestin Hennion: March 30, 1913 –
September 2, 1914
- Émile Laurent: September 3, 1914 – June 3, 1917
- Louis Hudelo: June 3 – November 23, 1917
- Fernand Raux: November 23, 1917 – May 13, 1921
- Robert Leullier: May 14, 1921 – July 5, 1922
- Armand Naudin: July 5, 1922 – August 25, 1924
- Alfred Morain: August 25, 1924 – April 14, 1927
- Jean Chiappe:
April 14, 1927 – February 3, 1934
- Adrien Bonnefoy-Sibour: February 3 – March 20, 1934
- Roger Langeron: March 20, 1934 – February 13, 1941
- Camille Marchand (acting): February 13 – May 14, 1941
- François Bard: May 14, 1941 – May 21, 1942
- Amédée Bussière: May 21, 1942 – August 19, 1944
- Charles Luizet: August 19, 1944 – March 20, 1947
- Armand Ziwès (acting): March 20 – May 27, 1947
- Roger Léonard: May 27, 1947 – May 2, 1951
- Jean Baylot: May 2, 1951 – July 13, 1954
- André Dubois: July 13, 1954 – November 21, 1955
- Roger Genebrier: November 21, 1955 – December 16, 1957
- André Lahillonne: December 16, 1957 – March 14, 1958
- Maurice
Papon: March 15, 1958 – January 18, 1967
- Maurice
Grimaud: January 18, 1967 – April 13, 1971
- Jacques Lenoir: April 13, 1971 – July 1, 1973
- Jean Paolini: July 1, 1973 – May 3, 1976
- Pierre Somveille: May 3, 1976 – August 8, 1981
- Jean
Périer: August 8, 1981 – June 9, 1983
- Guy Fougier: June 9, 1983 – July 17, 1986
- Jean Paolini: July 17, 1986 – August 16, 1988
- Pierre Verbrugghe: August 16, 1988 – April 30, 1993
- Philippe
Massoni: April 30, 1993 – April 9, 2001
- Jean-Paul
Proust: April 9, 2001 – December 6, 2004
- Pierre Mutz: December 6, 2004 – June 11, 2007
- Michel Gaudin: June 11, 2007 – present
Sources: La Grande Encyclopédie,
volume 27, page 95, published in 1900. See scan of the full text at
Gallica:
[1]. / List of
Prefects of Paris on rulers.org: [2]. / Archives of Le Monde: [3].
See also
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Coordinates: 48°51′16″N 2°20′48″E / 48.854386°N
2.346800°E / 48.854386;
2.346800
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