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39-689: 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 région as the Préfet de Police is also Préfet de Zone de Défense (Prefect for the Defense zone). Since 2017, it has acquired direct responsibility for

78-744: 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 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

117-475: A company (including ambulance units). Each company in turn consists of 2-4 fire stations. The First fire group of the Paris Fire Brigade covers northeast Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis and is based in the 18th arrondissement of Paris . It consists of the following companies: Additional units include: The Second Fire Group of the Paris Fire Brigade covers Southeast Paris and Val-de-Marne and

156-500: A fusion of Hauts-de-Seine and Yvelines , its western neighbour. Following a similar vote in Yvelines, an établissement public interdépartemental was established. The fusion project was abandoned in 2021, but the cooperation between the two departments continues. An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but

195-482: A left-wing majority since the department's inception in 1968. The departmental council is the deliberative organ of the department. The executive is led by the council president, assisted by vice presidents, in charge of various portfolios. Departmental councillors are elected (two per canton ) by the department's inhabitants for six-year terms (no term limits). The president of the Departmental Council

234-696: Is Nanterre , but Boulogne-Billancourt , one of its two subprefectures , alongside Antony , has a larger population. Hauts-de-Seine is best known for containing the modern office, cinema and shopping complex La Défense , one of Grand Paris 's main economic centres and one of Europe's major business districts. Hauts-de-Seine is one of the wealthiest departments in France; it had the highest GDP per capita in France at €107,800 in 2020. Its inhabitants are called Altoséquanais (masculine) and Altoséquanaises (feminine) in French. From 1790 to 1968, Hauts-de-Seine

273-590: Is a further two months at the Training Group. Upon completing training, the firefighter joins a fire company. The BSPP consists of 8,550 personnel with 81 stations and facilities who conduct 1,200 operations daily. The brigade is commanded by a Brigade General as part of the French Army's engineering arm. The brigade commander directly controls the Information and Public Relations Bureau, and who

312-409: Is assisted a Colonel-Adjutant, a General Council called a Cabinet and a Chief of Staff who controls the following Bureaus: and three Assistant Chiefs of Staff: Operational staff are divided into three geographic groups, as well as a training group and a services group. The geographic groups are: Each of the geographic groups consists of 8 fire companies and a few special units that are not part of

351-507: Is based in the 13th arrondissement of Paris . It consists of the following companies: Additional units include: The Third Fire Group of the Paris Fire Brigade covers Western Paris and Hauts-de-Seine and is based in Courbevoie , Hauts-de-Seine . It consists of the following companies: Additional units include: The Training Group of the Paris Fire Brigade provides education and training to all Paris firefighters . It consists of

390-476: Is bordered by Paris , Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and Essonne to the south. With a population of 1,624,357 (as of 2019) and a total area of 176 square kilometres (68 square miles), it has the second highest population density among all departments of France, after Paris. It is the fifth most populous department in France . Its prefecture

429-691: Is composed of Agents with municipal police powers titled inspecteurs de sécurité (Security Inspectors). The DPSP reports to the Mayor of Paris. 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

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468-493: 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, including combatting cybercrime . 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

507-645: Is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. Hauts-de-Seine and two other small departments ( Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne ) form an inner ring around Paris, known as the Petite Couronne (literal translation: "Little Crown"). Together with the City of Paris, they are included in Greater Paris since 1 January 2016. It

546-546: Is the Smallest Department in France followed by Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne . It is slightly smaller than Maldives . [REDACTED] Hauts-de-Seine comprises three departmental arrondissements and 36 communes : Hauts-de-Seine currently has the fewest number of any communes in Metropolitan France . With only 36 communes, not including Paris which has only one commune, this makes

585-504: The Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris . The operational personnel ( hommes du rang i.e. other ranks or rank and file) are usually engaged for five years. They must have French nationality, be between 18 and 25 years old, have a clean criminal record and have at least a vocational training CAP certificate . The selection is three days long, with sports tests, psychomotor tests, medical examination, etc. Training takes place in

624-530: 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 prevote , who is the senior police officer of

663-459: 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 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

702-668: The Police nationale but the Police Prefect reports directly to the Interior Minister , not to the director of the Police nationale ( 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

741-473: 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

780-650: The 23-hour Austrian Embassy Fire in 1810 became a military organisation by imperial decree of Emperor Napoléon . On 18 September 1811, it became the Bataillon de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris and was expanded to the Régiment de sapeurs-pompiers de Paris in 1867. During the Franco-Prussian War and World War I the sapeurs-pompiers were mobilised for military service, while continuing to fulfill their firefighting responsibilities. On 1 March 1967, it became

819-699: 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 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

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858-493: The French department in Metropolitan France with the fewest number of communes. Hauts-de-Seine is one of France's wealthiest departments and one of Europe's richest areas. Its GDP per capita was €106,800 in 2020, according to Eurostat official figures. In both local and national elections, the department predominantly supports centre-right political candidates, though the 1st and 11th constituencies favor

897-460: The Training Group ( Groupement d'instruction , GI), at the fort of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges . The first period lasts two months, with the first aid and first responder training, and basic military instruction (including shooting). They then undertake practical training of four months in an operational fire company ( compagnie d'incendie ); this includes taking part in personal assistance and utility safety operations. The last stage of training

936-418: The armed forces. Evening dance parties are held at fire stations on (or near to) Bastille Day. These are known as a Bal des pompiers (firefighters' ball). Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine ( French pronunciation: [o d(ə) sɛn] ; lit.   ' Seine Heights ' ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France . It covers Paris 's western inner suburbs . It

975-634: 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. Source: Centre historique des Archives nationales, Série Y, Châtelet de Paris , on page 38 of the PDF. Sources: La Grande Encyclopédie , volume 27, page 95, published in 1900. See scan of

1014-740: The city's inner suburbs and certain sites of national strategic importance. The brigade's main area of responsibility is the City of Paris and the surrounding départements of Seine-Saint-Denis , Val-de-Marne , and Hauts-de-Seine (the petite couronne ). It also serves the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou , the DGA Military Rocket Test Centre in Biscarosse , and the Lacq gas field . As with

1053-614: The firefighters are therefore sappers ( sapeurs , thus sapeurs-pompiers ). With 8,550 firefighters, it is the largest fire service in Europe and the third largest municipal urban fire service in the world, after the Tokyo Fire Department and New York City Fire Department . Its motto is "Save or Perish" (French " Sauver ou périr "). Founded in 1793 as the Corps des gardes-pompes de la ville de Paris and following

1092-513: The following: Controlled by Headquarters The BSPP performs about 1200 interventions per day. During 2001: There are 6.16 million inhabitants in the BSPP zone (1999). This represents: Traditionally, the Paris Fire Brigade parades twice during the Bastille Day military parade : once on foot, and a second time with its vehicles. During the parade members are armed due to their membership in

1131-757: 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

1170-446: The full text at Gallica : [1] . / List of Prefects of Paris on rulers.org: [2] . / Archives of Le Monde : [3] . 48°51′16″N 2°20′48″E  /  48.854386°N 2.346800°E  / 48.854386; 2.346800 Paris Fire Brigade The Paris Fire Brigade ( French : Brigade des sapeurs-pompiers de Paris , BSPP ) is a French Army unit which serves as the primary fire and rescue service for Paris ,

1209-584: The left. Hauts-de-Seine was the political base of Nicolas Sarkozy , President of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012. He was the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine (1983–2002) and president of the Departmental Council of Hauts-de-Seine (2004–2007) before he assumed the office. Sarkozy had succeeded Charles Pasqua as president of the Departmental Council. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Hauts-de-Seine received national media attention as

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1248-578: 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. The préfecture 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

1287-563: The other fire services of France, the brigade provides technical rescue , search and rescue and fire prevention services and is one of the providers of emergency medical services . The brigade is one of two fire services in France that is part of the armed forces, with the other being the Marseille Naval Fire Battalion (BMPM). It is a unit of the French Army 's Engineering Arm ( l'arme du génie ) and

1326-537: The result of a corruption scandal concerning the misuse of public funds provided for the department's housing projects. Implicated were Charles Pasqua, as well as other personalities of the Rally for the Republic (RPR) party. Hauts-de-Seine is governed by a departmental council. Its 46 members are called departmental councillors. The electorate of Hauts-de-Seine usually votes for right-wing parties; there has never been

1365-425: 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. Headed by

1404-469: 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 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 " la PP " are part of

1443-743: The three main airports of the Paris area ( Charles de Gaulle , Orly and Le Bourget ). In addition to the Préfecture de Police , the French government created the Paris Municipal Police ( French : 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

1482-518: 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 ( lieutenance générale de police ) by Louis XIV on March 15, 1667. Disbanded at

1521-406: Was part of the former department of Seine . The Hauts-de-Seine department was created in 1968, from parts of the former departments of Seine and Seine-et-Oise . Its creation reflected the implementation of a law passed in 1964; Nanterre had already been selected as the prefecture for the new department early in 1965. In 2016, the Departmental Council of Hauts-de-Seine voted in favour of

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