Paris: municipal election candidates compete on lethally-armed municipal police

Ahead of the municipales, Paris candidates are outbidding each other on security: Emmanuel Grégoire proposes 1,000 extra agents and mobile kiosks, while several right-leaning candidates demand lethal arming of the municipal police force created only in 2021, plus more officers and CCTV.

France's municipal police model — mayors running visible uniformed forces alongside the national police — has no real English equivalent, sharpening the contrast with PCCs and council wardens.