Prefecture of Police Totally Explained

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The Prefecture of 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 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's 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 doesn't 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 agiven 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 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 isn't directly responsible to local government officials, priorities of the police in Paris don't 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

Place Louis Lépine, 1 rue de Lutèce, 75004 Paris (métro Cité)

Tel: 01 54 73 53 73, 01 53 71 53 71, 01 40 79 79 79.

Emergency telephone number: 1-1-2

Non-emergency Ambulance Service(at least in Paris)/SAMU/SMUR(Hospital Based) 1-5
Police 1-7
Fire Brigade (Operates emergency ambulances as EMS) 1-8

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

Gendarmerie Nationale Liaison Office 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

Medico-Legal Institute

Traffic, Transport and Trade

Population Protection - Public health matters.

Veterinary Service

Human Resources - Personnel, budget, equipment and police labor disputes.

Prefect and Secretary General for the Zone of Defence

with two agencies:

Defence Zone staff

Interdepartmental Service for Civil Defence

Resources

Budget

One billion Euros by National government
488 million Euros by Paris and surrounding departments of the little crown.

Personnel

19,647 State Employees-includes 17,979 Police officers, 748 National Police Administration employees, technicians and scientific staff, plus 20 others.
5765 Municipal Employees
6840 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: (External Link

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