Cities are setting up municipal police to fight insecurity and create a bond of closeness and trust with the inhabitants. There is no question of competing with the national police. The «brigade of the smile» patrols thus in almost all the cities of France on the lookout of incivilities and degradations.
Creation of a municipal police in Pau. The 4 new officials have just taken the oath. Mickaël TARTAULT, head of the municipal police, lists the missions and Yves URIETA, mayor of Pau, gives the reasons for the creation of this police.
[Source France 3 Regions]: In the Orne region, since January 1, the municipality of Flers has set up a municipal police force. A first in the history of the city, The mayor of the city wants to reassure the inhabitants and fight against degradation and incivility.
The municipality of Plessis Robinson, in the suburbs of Paris, has just acquired a municipal police. It’s the 25th in the department. Patrols of municipal and long-distance police officers by Plessis Mayor Robinson Philippe PEMEZEC and Brigadier-Chief Jean-Marc LEGRAND.