Prefecture of Police

In France, a 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 one or some départements. As of 2012, two such Prefectures exist :

  • the Prefecture of Police of Paris, created in 1800
  • the Prefecture of Police of the Bouches-du-Rhône, created in 2012.
Law enforcement in France
National Gendarmerie
  • Air Gendarmerie
  • Air Transport Gendarmerie
  • Departmental Gendarmerie
  • Maritime Gendarmerie
  • Republican Guard
  • Mobile Gendarmerie
    • Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale
    • Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République
    • Escadron parachutiste d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale
National Police
  • Brigade de recherche et d'intervention
  • Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité
  • Direction Centrale de la Police aux Frontières
  • Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire
  • Direction Centrale de la Sécurité Publique
    • Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale
  • Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur
  • Préfecture de Police de Paris
    • Brigade de répression du banditisme
  • Préfecture de Police des Bouches-du-Rhône
  • Unité de coordination de la lutte anti-terroriste
    • Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion
  • Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités
Other
  • Directorate-general of customs and indirect taxes
  • Municipal Police
  • Garde champêtre

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