What is National Police (France)?
[[File:Police College Rouen-Oissel Bastille Day 2013 Paris t111747.jpg|thumb|The Police Nationale at the [[Bastille]] Day 2013 military parade.]] In [[France]] the '''Police Nationale''' (in [[English language|English]], national [[police]]) is the [[state]] [[component]] of public [[safety]]. In contrast to the [[Gendarmerie Nationale]] personal are all [[civilian ]] [[Official|functionnaries]] of the state. The Police Nationale has several very different sub-directorates, each responsible for specific missions. In 2014 more than 143 500 peoples were members of the Police Nationale. == Missions of the Police Nationale == In France the '''Police Nationale''' is responsible of many missions. The first and perhaps the most important is, in [[French language]] ''sécurité des personnes et des biens''. It [[translation]] is safety of [[human|persons]] and [[Property#Ownership|property]]. This is the true role of each French [[police officer]]. Like many other police services in the [[world]] the Police Nationale has many other missions : [[Terrorism#Counter-terrorism|counter-terrorism]], fight against [[illegal drug trade]], [[riot]] operations, and sometime [[Search and rescue|SAR]] missions on the French [[beach|beaches]] and [[mountain|mountains]], especially in the [[Alps]]. == Organization == The main directions of the '''Police Nationale''' are [[Headquarters|headquartered]] in [[Paris]]. === The Sécurité Publique === [[File:Manifestation Taxis 10-01-2013 Strasbourg 04 - Police nationale.jpg|thumb|Police officer of the Sécurité Publique in [[Strasbourg]].]] The Sécurité Publique (in English language Public [[Security]]) is responsible of all missions of police on the French [[territory]]. For each [[Departments of France|French department]], there is a departmental office. Also for [[Corsica]] and [[overseas departments of France]]. The [[majority]] of police officers conduct their mission in [[uniform]]. However, some units have the ability to act in civilian [[clothes]], they are called BAC, for ''Brigade