| Agencyname: | Préfecture de police |
| Logocaption: | Logo |
| Formedyear: | 1667 Dissolved in 1789, refounded in 1800 |
| Country: | France |
| Divtype: | City |
| Divname: | Paris & Petite Couronne in the Île-de-France region |
| Map: | Préfecture de police de Paris (carte).png |
| Sizearea: | 762 km² |
| Sizepopulation: | 6,673,591 (Jan. 1, 2010) |
| Headquarters: | Paris |
| Sworn: | 34,000 |
| Chief1name: | Laurent Nuñez |
| Chief1position: | Préfet de Police |
| Officetype: | District |
| Officename: | 15 |
| Stations: | 87 |
| Website: | Préfecture de Police |
The Paris Police Prefecture (French: la préfecture de police de Paris), officially the Police Prefecture (French: la préfecture de police, abbreviated as "French: la PP"), is the unit of the French Ministry of the Interior that provides police, emergency services, and various administrative services to the population of the city of Paris and the surrounding three suburban French: [[Departments of France|départements]] of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne. It is headed by the Paris Prefect of Police (French: le Préfet de police de Paris), officially called the Prefect of Police (French: le Préfet de police).
The Paris Police Prefecture supervises the Paris Police force, the Paris Fire Brigade, and various administrative departments in charge of issuing ID cards and driver licenses or monitoring alien residents. The Prefecture of Police also has security duties in the wider Île-de-France French: [[Regions of France|région]] as the French: Préfet de Police is also French: Préfet de Zone de Défense (Prefect for the Defense zone).[1] Since 2017, it has acquired direct responsibility for the three main airports of the Paris area (Charles de Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget).
In addition to the French: Préfecture de Police, the French government created the Paris Municipal Police (French: [[:fr:Police municipale de Paris|Police municipale de Paris]]) in 2021. In contrast with the Préfecture, the municipal police report to the city government, rather than to the national government. Municipal police officers began patrolling city streets on foot, bicycle, and by car starting on October 18, 2021. The goal of the municipal police is to "make neighbourhoods safer and more peaceful and ensure that public space is shared," for example by enforcing laws on parking, littering, breaking up quarrels, and assisting homeless or elderly residents.[2]
The French: préfecture[3] is a large building located in the Place Louis Lépine on the Île de la Cité. This building was built as a barracks for the Garde républicaine from 1863 to 1867 (architect Pierre-Victor Calliat) and was occupied by the Prefecture in 1871.
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 (French: 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, up until 2021, Paris did not have its own French: police municipale and that the Police Nationale provided all of these services directly as a subdivision of France's Ministry of the Interior.
Policemen assigned to "French: la PP" are part of the Police nationale but the Police Prefect reports directly to the Interior Minister, not to the director of the Police nationale (French: Directeur général de la Police nationale or DGPN). In Parisian slang, the police were sometimes known as "the archers", a very old slang term in reference to the archers of the long-defunct Royal Watch.
Paris also has the "Direction de la Prévention, de la Sécurité et de la Protection" (DPSP) (Prevention, Security and Protection Directorate) which is composed of Agents with municipal police powers[4] titled inspecteurs de sécurité (Security Inspectors).[5] The DPSP reports to the Mayor of Paris.
The jurisdiction of the Prefecture of Police was initially the Seine French: [[Departments of France|département]]. Its jurisdiction also included the French: [[commune in France|communes]] (municipalities) of Saint-Cloud, Sèvres, Meudon, and Enghien-les-Bains, which were located in the Seine-et-Oise French: [[Departments of France|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 French: 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 French: département) and the three surrounding French: départements of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne. This territory made up of four French: départements is larger than the pre-1968 Seine French: département.
The Prefecture of Police also has limited jurisdiction over the whole Île-de-France French: [[Regions of France|région]] for the coordination of law enforcement, including combatting cybercrime. The Prefect of Police, acting as Prefect of the Defense Zone of Paris (French: 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 French: région (which is made up of eight French: 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 French: [[préfet]]s of Île-de-France.
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:
The Prefect of Police can issue French: 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.
Until 1977, Paris had indeed no elected mayor and the police was essentially in the hands of the French: préfet de police. However, the powers of the mayor of Paris were increased at the expense of those of the French: Préfet de Police in 2002, notably for traffic and parking decisions (the French: préfet retains the responsibility on main thoroughfares such as the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, and on any street during the organization of demonstrations).
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.
The PP is headed by a politically appointed prefect who is assisted by the French: prevote, who is the senior 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.
Consists of the Cabinet (staff) itself, the Gendarmerie Nationale Liaison Office, and 6 Local Directorates:
and other agencies:
with four Administrative Directorates:
with two agencies:
Before the French Revolution, the head of the Paris Police was the French: 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 French: préfet de police since that time.
March 29, 1667 - January 29, 1697
January 29, 1697 - January 28, 1718
July 1, 1720 - April 26, 1722
January 28, 1724 - August 28, 1725
December 21, 1739 - May 27, 1747
May 27, 1747 - October 29, 1757
October 29, 1757 - November 21, 1759
November 21, 1759 - August 24, 1774
August 24, 1774 - May 14, 1775
May 14, 1775 - June 19, 1776
June 19, 1776 - July 31, 1785
July 31, 1785 - July 16, 1789
Source: Centre historique des Archives nationales, Série Y, Châtelet de Paris, on page 38 of the PDF.
March 8, 1800 - October 14, 1810
October 14, 1810 - May 13, 1814
May 13 - December 27, 1814
December 27, 1814 - March 14, 1815
March 14 - March 20, 1815
March 20 - July 3, 1815
July 3 - July 9, 1815
July 9 - September 29, 1815
September 29, 1815 - December 20, 1821
December 20, 1821 - January 6, 1828
January 6, 1828 - August 13, 1829
August 13, 1829 - July 30, 1830
July 30 - August 1, 1830
August 1 - November 7, 1830
November 7 - December 26, 1830
December 26, 1830 - February 21, 1831
February 21 - September 17, 1831
September 17 - October 15, 1831
October 15, 1831 - September 10, 1836
September 10, 1836 - February 24, 1848
February 24 - May 18, 1848
May 18 - July 19, 1848
July 19 - October 14, 1848
October 14 - December 20, 1848
December 20, 1848 - November 8, 1849
November 8, 1849 - October 27, 1851
October 27, 1851 - January 22, 1852
January 27, 1852 - March 16, 1858
March 16, 1858 - February 21, 1866
September 4 - October 10, 1870
November 2, 1870 - February 11, 1871
March 16 - November 17, 1871
November 17, 1871 - February 9, 1876
February 9, 1876 - December 17, 1877
December 17, 1877 - March 3, 1879
July 16, 1881 - April 23, 1885
April 23, 1885 - November 17, 1887
November 17, 1887 - March 10, 1888
March 10, 1888 - July 11, 1893
July 11, 1893 - October 14, 1897
October 14, 1897 - June 23, 1899
June 23, 1899 - March 29, 1913
March 30, 1913 - September 2, 1914
September 3, 1914 - June 3, 1917
June 3 - November 23, 1917
November 23, 1917 - May 13, 1921
May 14, 1921 - July 5, 1922
July 5, 1922 - August 25, 1924
August 25, 1924 - April 14, 1927
April 14, 1927 - February 3, 1934
February 3 - March 20, 1934
March 20, 1934 - February 13, 1941
May 14, 1941 - May 21, 1942
May 21, 1942 - August 19, 1944
August 19, 1944 - March 20, 1947
May 27, 1947 - May 2, 1951
May 2, 1951 - July 13, 1954
July 13, 1954 - November 21, 1955
November 21, 1955 - December 16, 1957
December 16, 1957 - March 14, 1958
March 15, 1958 - January 18, 1967
January 18, 1967 - April 13, 1971
April 13, 1971 - July 1, 1973
July 1, 1973 - May 3, 1976
May 3, 1976 - August 8, 1981
August 8, 1981 - June 9, 1983
June 9, 1983 - July 17, 1986
August 16, 1988 - April 30, 1993
April 30, 1993 - April 9, 2001
April 9, 2001 - December 6, 2004
December 6, 2004 - June 11, 2007
May 2012 - July 2015
July 2015 - April 2017
April 2017 - March 2019
March 2019 - July 2022
since July 2022
Sources: La Grande Encyclopédie, volume 27, page 95, published in 1900. See scan of the full text at Gallica: http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/catalog.php?Mod=i&Titre=grande+encyclop%E9die. / List of Prefects of Paris on rulers.org: http://rulers.org/frcit.html. / Archives of Le Monde: http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche/0,13-0,1-0,0.html.