#95-1197Decree No. 95-1197 on Decentralization of National Police Personnel Management
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This law decentralizes the management of national police personnel in France. It allows local prefects to handle the recruitment and management of police staff, with the exception of major decisions like promotions, transfers, and disciplinary actions, which remain centralized. This shift aims to streamline administrative functions and improve efficiency in police personnel management.
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Key Changes
- Decentralization of police personnel management to local prefects
- Centralized control maintained for key decisions like promotions and disciplinary actions
- Streamlining of administrative processes in police operations
Obligations
What this law requires
The Minister of Interior must issue an arrêté (ministerial order) to delegate recruitment and management of active personnel, administrative/technical/scientific staff, and auxiliary police to prefects
Prefects must not exercise delegated authority over grade advancement, except for auxiliary police advancement
Prefects must not exercise delegated authority over detachment, out-of-cadre status, secondment, reintegration after leave, or removal from cadres
Prefects must not exercise delegated authority over second, third, and fourth group disciplinary sanctions
Prefects must not exercise delegated authority over reclassification for physical unfitness