page_title: Law enforcement in France
section_title: Police Nationale
hierarchical_section_title: Law enforcement in France / Transportation / Police Nationale
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: PVP de la BRI de la Préfecture de Police de Paris
context_page_description: Law enforcement in France has a long history dating back to AD 570 when night watch systems were commonplace. Policing is centralized at the national level. Recently, legislation has allowed local governments to hire their own police officers which are called the "police municipale".
  There are two national police forces called "Police nationale" and "Gendarmerie nationale". The Prefecture of Police of Paris provides policing services directly to Paris as a subdivision of France's Ministry of the Interior. Within these national forces, only certain designated police officers have the power to conduct criminal investigations which are supervised by investigative magistrates.
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caption: Panhard PVP from Brigade de Recherches et d'Intervention, the special unit of Parisian police.
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