Law enforcement in France
Law enforcement in France is centralized at the national level. Recently, legislation has allowed local governments to hire their own police officers which are called the police municipale.
Policemen with motorcycles and a car in Strasbourg
Both French National Police and French Gendarmerie Nationale
French gendarmes
Renault Mégane of the Customs administration
Municipal Police (France)
The municipal police are the local police of towns and cities in France. There are 24,000 municipal police officers in 4,555 communities. The municipal police are one of the three components of French policing, alongside the National Police and the National Gendarmerie, with about 145,000 police and 98,000 soldiers respectively.
Police municipale Peugeot car in Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Police municipale in Allos, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Renault Scénic III in Strasbourg, Alsace.
Traffic control in Strasbourg, 2007.