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A high quality victim contact system
There are a number of mobile contact points available to foreign visitors around the tourist areas of the capital.
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The minimum fare for a taxi ride is 7.00 euros, including supplements.
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Beware of con trircks ! While The Préfecture de police do everything they can to make the city a safe place, many visitors are...
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Advice: if you go to a restaurant or a show
In bars and restaurants Don't hesitate to ask to see the food and drinks menus, so that you don't get a surprise when the bill...
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Press release - 5 June 2014
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Guide to staying safe in Paris
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Foreign students
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Fraud by false representation
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Taxi : be careful
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Three card trick, beware, swindlers
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Parisian taxis : fares, régulation and rights of users
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The “Institut Médico-légal” : Information to families
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Based in Paris, the capital of France, and situated at the heart of a vulnerable and densely populated metropolitan area with a population of 12 million, the Prefecture de Police’s task is to prevent and take action against a myriad number of threats: crime, public disturbances, natural and technological disasters, health risks and terrorism.
It also issues administrative documents, ensures the peacefull use of roads and public spaces and regulates traffic.
It carries out complex technical work through its Forensic Science Institute, Psychiatric Centre and Central Laboratory. Its other spheres of jurisdiction include relatively unrecognised areas such as lost property, veterinary services, the police’s “17” emergency line, the Paris fire service, the river police, support for homeless people, etc.