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Municipal police officers are subject to the legal obligations provided for by the general civil service code and to a specific code of ethics provided for in article L. 515-1 of the internal security code. As holders of police powers, municipal police officers are subject to additional obligations: they must in particular present all guarantees of good repute or wear their uniform as well as their professional card in service. To ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and ethical obligations, there is internal control, which is exercised by elected officials, in their capacity as territorial authority, as well as external control, exercised by the State. This external control is based in particular on the approval of the public prosecutor and the approval of the prefect, which can only be issued following an investigation. administrative (article L. 114-1 of the CSI). This control system is supplemented by the possibility for the Minister of the Interior to decide to verify the organization and operation of a municipal police service (article L. 513-1 of the CSI). Finally, the bill relating to the extension of the prerogatives, means, organization and control of municipal police and rural guards plans to strengthen the control of municipal police with the introduction of an individual identification number and the creation of a national register of approvals based on an information system developed by the Ministry of the Interior. As such, the Government supports the establishment of three-level control for municipal police, resulting from an amendment adopted in committee at the National Assembly at the initiative of the rapporteurs. This device is based on graduated control: the first level of control falls to the mayor with the development of a risk management plan; the second level consists of an audit which can be carried out internally, by the departmental management center or within an intermunicipal framework; the third level consists of control carried out by general state inspectorates.

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