Administrative police in France are French police tasked with preventing disturbances to the ordre public. and ensuring the public peace and preventing...

enforcement in France is centralized at the national level. Recently, legislation has allowed local governments to hire their own police officers which...

sécurité juridique) French administrative law, the basis of continental administrative law, has had a strong influence on administrative laws in several other...

The municipal police (French: Police Municipale) are the local police of towns and cities in France. There are 24,000 municipal police officers in 4,555...

contrast to the administrative police, whose goal is to ensure the maintenance of public order and to prevent crime. Article 14 of the French Code of Criminal...

the Île-de-France region, another prefect handles law enforcement in Paris and some surrounding areas, as well many other administrative duties: the...

smallest administrative subdivision. They receive funding from the city budget, and may have fewer legal powers than the "state paid" police. These police forces...

influence the content of France's civil, criminal, administrative and constitutional law. Legislation is seen as the primary source of French law. Unlike in common...

centrale de la police aux frontières (DCPAF; English: Central Directorate of the Border Police) is a directorate of the French National Police that is responsible...

subdivisions. Administrative divisions of France Departments of France Regions of France Subprefectures in France National Police (France) "Préfectures"...