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Those Cities that Arm Their Police

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They have doubled in 20 years. France now has 29,000 municipal police officers. Some mayors even compete to recruit them, because the demand is very high. There are also more and more of them carrying a firearm. This is the case for the city of Troyes, in the Aube, where the town hall has made this local police a priority. Armed since 1984, about seventy agents have been taking turns patrolling the streets. But is this really indispensable? (Top…

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Those Cities that Arm Their Police

They have doubled in 20 years. France now has 29,000 municipal police officers. Some mayors even compete to recruit them, because the demand is very high. There are also more and more of them carrying a firearm. This is the case for the city of Troyes, in the Aube, where the town hall has made this local police a priority. Armed since 1984, about seventy agents have been taking turns patrolling the streets. But is this really indispensable? (Top…

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TF1 INFO broke the news on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
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