They will not have lethal weapons, but a gas and a bulletproof vest: this Tuesday, October 19, 2021, the Paris municipal police take office.
Announced during her municipal campaign, Anne Hidalgo presented the different missions of her police during a speech on the forecourt of the Town Hall, in the presence of the first 154 graduates.
They should be 3,400 by the end of his term in 2026.
"It is an event", confirms Nicolas Nordman, assistant to the security of the City of Paris.
Since a decree dating from Napoleon, the protection of the city of Paris was the responsibility of the Prefect of Police, and therefore of the National Police.
The staff will be deployed in the field and distributed between the different districts from Tuesday.
Their missions have been classified into 4 “axes” by Nicolas Nordman: “Protecting pedestrians”, “securing the streets”, “ensuring respect for the tranquility of residents” and “ensuring the cleanliness of the city”.
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On the right, however, several elected officials regret that these new officials cannot have lethal weapons, which "sends them to the pipe", according to Philippe Goujon, LR mayor of the 15th arrondissement.
"A weapon is a deterrent," he said.
Another subject of questioning: the resources allocated to the agents of the new police force.
“154 city-wide municipal police officers are peanuts!
", Tance Fatoumata Koné, president of the" Ecologists of Paris "group.
“We will have to put in the means for this municipal police force to be effective.
The city hall of Paris will offer, as of this week, a competition to recruit 400 external agents to the security service of the city.
The new Parisian Security School, the next creation of which Anne Hidalgo announced on Monday, will take charge of the training.