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Prefecture tourism plan: the Parisian police supported by European colleagues

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Since 2013, European agents have been supporting French patrols. Ozlem is German.

She works on the highways of North Rhine-Westphalia... And she comes here to help German tourists © RFI/Stéphane Duguet

By: Stéphane Duguet Follow

Every summer in Paris, the Prefecture of Police launches its "Tourism Plan", for two and a half months.

Objective: to fight against insecurity in places very frequented by tourists.

This plan mobilizes police officers in the districts where the Eiffel Tower and the Opera are located, in Montmartre, on the banks of the Seine and in the Latin Quarter.

These patrols have a special feature: they are accompanied by European police officers. 

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According to the Tourist Office, 33 million French and foreigners are expected to visit the City of Light.

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