Paris France Security

From an underground command center at Ile de la Cite on the Seine River, not far from Notre Dame Cathedral, police will monitor transmissions from 60 hidden cameras placed at key locations in the city. Detailed maps and photographs of every street and building in Paris are stored there in a computer system, similar to one in a Pentagon war room, that allows them to be flashed instantly on a six-foot, high-definition screen.

President Francois Mitterrand ordered a crackdown on violence in the Paris suburbs after Sunday's killings of a policewoman and an Algerian immigrant. Violence "must be stamped out, particularly in problem areas where citizens are its first victims," Mitterrand told Interior Minister Philippe Marchand in a message made public Monday. Marchand ordered tough riot police to reinforce regular units in Mantes-la-Jolie, scene of the killings, and other areas where youths have rioted this year.

President Francois Mitterrand ordered a crackdown on violence in the Paris suburbs after Sunday's killings of a policewoman and an Algerian immigrant. Violence "must be stamped out, particularly in problem areas where citizens are its first victims," Mitterrand told Interior Minister Philippe Marchand in a message made public Monday. Marchand ordered tough riot police to reinforce regular units in Mantes-la-Jolie, scene of the killings, and other areas where youths have rioted this year.

From an underground command center at Ile de la Cite on the Seine River, not far from Notre Dame Cathedral, police will monitor transmissions from 60 hidden cameras placed at key locations in the city. Detailed maps and photographs of every street and building in Paris are stored there in a computer system, similar to one in a Pentagon war room, that allows them to be flashed instantly on a six-foot, high-definition screen.