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The Préfet de Police is an official of the Government Of France who supervises Police and Emergency Services to Paris and the surrounding eight departments of Hauts-de-Seine , Seine-Saint-Denis , Seine-et-Marne , Val-de-Marne , Essonne , Yvelines and Val D'Oise , and has other security duties in the wider Île-de-France '' Région ''. The actual city of Paris is both a Commune and a '' Département ''. As it is the capital of France , with government assemblies and offices and foreign embassies, it poses special issues of security and public order. Consequently, the national government has been responsible for providing law enforcement and emergency services since the Paris Commune of 1871. This means that Paris does not have its own ''police municipale'' and that the Police Nationale provides these services directly as a subdivision of France's Ministry Of The Interior . 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:
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 Pierre Mutz . Until 1977 , Paris had indeed no mayor and was mostly ruled by the ''préfet de police'' (a situation inherited from the Paris Commune , 1871 ). 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 Demonstration s). 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
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 Warden s or Crossing Guard s who enforce parking rules; it has recently added some wardens that direct traffic at crossroads and other similar duties, known as ''circulation'', with specific Uniform s. PREFECT AND DIRECTOR OF THE CABINET Consists of the Cabinet (staff) itself
and 6 Local Directorates:
and other agencies:
PREFECT AND SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POLICE with four Administrative Directorates:
PREFECT AND SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THE ZONE OF DEFENCE with two agencies:
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