The Police Now Have Access to Transportation in Île-de-France

In order to combat insecurity, Ile-de-France Mobilités has finally decided to authorize municipal police access to its network.

Facing the surge in thefts and other assaults on public transportation, the Île-de-France region and the Île-de-France Mobilités public transport network are speaking out. In a significant move towards awareness, “The Board of Directors has decided to authorize municipal and intermunicipal police officers, in uniform and exclusively during their missions, to access the Île-de-France transport network. This access is part of a partnership agreement between the communities, transportation operators, and Île-de-France Mobilités.“

The « Savary » law of March 22, 2016, has made municipal police officers fully-fledged security actors within public transportation. They are now able to intervene and report offenses related to transportation policing. These include misconduct or insults towards an issuing officer, as well as sexist and sexual harassment. In Île-de-France, it has taken nearly 8 years for this law to be implemented!

This authorization to access the Île-de-France transportation network will help promote and encourage, on one hand, the presence of police patrols in uniform during their duty hours. And on the other hand, joint operations with transportation agents.

The question now is whether the officers will have enough time—time that seemed to be lacking—to add this mission to their schedule… Currently, more than 3,000 security agents are deployed across the network. Île-de-France Mobilités aims to hire 1,000 more by 2027.

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