Chapters: Direction de La Surveillance Du Territoire, Prefecture of Police, National Police, Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion, Groupes D'intervention de La Police Nationale, Direction Centrale Des Renseignements G n raux, Compagnies R publicaines de S curit, S ret, Geheime Feldpolizei, Fr d ric P chenard, Unit de Coordination de La Lutte Anti-Terroriste, Direction Centrale de La S curit Publique, Direction Centrale de La Police Judiciaire, Groupe de S curit de La Pr sidence de La R publique, Brigade de Recherche et D'intervention, Direction R gionale de Police Judiciaire de Paris, Brigade de R pression Du Banditisme, Special Brigades. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 71. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Prefecture of Police (French: ), headed by the Prefect of Police (Pr fet de Police), is an agency of the Government of France (and part of the French National Police) which provides the police force for the city of Paris and the surrounding three suburban d partements of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne. It is also in charge of emergency services, such as the Paris Fire Brigade, and performs administrative duties, such as issuing ID cards and driver licenses or monitoring alien residents. The Prefecture of Police also has limited security duties in the wider le-de-France r gion. The prefecture is a large building located in the le de la Cit . As it is the capital of France, with government assemblies and offices and foreign embassies, Paris poses special issues of security and public order. Consequently, the national government has been responsible for providing law enforcement and emergency services since the creation of the Lieutenancy General of Police (lieutenance g n rale de police) by Louis XIV on March 15, 1667. Disbanded at the star...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1386763