Norev 1:43 2018 Renault Alaskan: French Municipale Police

The municipal police (French: Police Municipale) are the local police of towns and cities in France outside the capital. There are 18,000 municipal police officers in 3,500 communities. The municipal police are one of the three components of French policing, alongside the National Police and the National Gendarmerie, with about 145,000 police and 98,000 soldiers respectively.

Municipal policing in departments of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne is the responsibility of Paris Police Prefecture, part of the National Police. However, Paris does have the Direction de la prévention, de la sécurité et de la protection [fr] (DPSP) (Prevention, Security and Protection Directorate) is composed of agents with municipal police powers titled inspecteurs de sécurité (Security Inspectors).

Approximately 20,000 municipal police officers provide about 13% of the total French law enforcement community.