Anne Hidalgo presided on Monday a ceremony in the presence of the 154 civil servants of the Municipal Police of Paris. An ethics committee and a public tranquility observatory will be created to “report [Son] action”.
Le Monde with AFP
After years of debate and dealings, the Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo presented, Monday, October 18, the first promotion of the Municipal Police of Paris at an official ceremony at the City Hall.
Before submitting the diplomas to the 154 civil servants, the mayor emphasized the “historical” character of what it presents as a “culmination”. “The Paris municipal police will gradually deploy (…) in order to be totally ready to welcome the world at the 2024 Olympic Games,” she continued.
The workforce will thus be deployed on the ground and distributed in the twenty boroughs from Tuesday. Their missions have been classified in four “axes” by Nicolas Nordman, Deputy Security Issues: “Protecting the Streets”, “Securing Streets”, “Enforce the tranquility of residents” and “Ensure the Cleanliness of the City “.
Ethics and Observatory Committee of Public Tranquility
In order to improve the “police-inhabitant relationship” and to establish “a bond of trust”, M me hidalgo announced the creation of an ethics committee From the municipal police, which will be chaired by the former rights defender Jacques Toubon. In parallel, an observatory of public tranquility, whose mission will be to “report on the action of the municipal police”, will also see the light of day.
The establishment of this new device does not win the adhesion of all elected officials. Danielle Simonnet, Councilor of Paris (France unsuitable), said “worried about the confusion of roles” between national police and municipal police. “What is the doctrine that will be put in place?”, Also questioned Nicolas Bonnet-Oulaldj (French Communist Party). Mr. Nordman emphasized the “complementarity” of the two services. “The National Police takes care of the maintenance of public order, while we will carry out the maintenance of the good order,” said Christian Bormian, Brigadier-Chief of the new corps of officials.
Another question of interrogation: the means allocated to the agents of the new police: “154 municipal policemen across the city, it’s” Peanuts “!”, Tance Fatoumata Koné, President of the Ecologists of Paris . “It will be necessary to put the means for this municipal police to be effective.” The “lack of attractiveness” of the job has been pointed by certain agents. “In Cannes, a municipal policeman wins twice more and it is housed with his family,” a security inspector from the city of Paris wishes to keep anonymous. “The payroll and security conditions of agents are not all reunits,” said MP Brigitte Kuster (Republicans, LR).
Contest to Recruit 400 Safety Agents
On the right, several elected officials regret that these new officials could have lethal weapons, which “sends them to the case”, according to Philippe Goujon, mayor of the 15 e arrondissement ( Lr). “A weapon is deterrent,” he says.
This first promotion was to count 210 agents, but they are finally only 154, as a majority of the city’s security services. Mr. Nordman means this gap to “conditions related to the health crisis during the training”. The Town Hall of Paris will offer, from this week, a competition to recruit 400 external agents to the city security department.
The new Parisian security school, of which Anne Hidalgo announced on Monday the next creation, will take care of the training. By 2026, the city wishes to have 5,000 security agents, including 3,400 municipal police.