Editing Lieutenant (section)

====France and the French Union====
The first French Lieutenant of Police, [[Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie]], was appointed in Paris by Louis XIV on 15 March 1667 to command a reformed police force. He was later elevated to [[Prefecture of Police|Lieutenant-General of Police]]. In the 17th century, the term "lieutenant" corresponded to "deputy" (i.e. a person appointed to carry out a task). La Reynie was the deputy for policing duties of the Provost of Paris, the ceremonial representative of the King in Paris. In 1995, the rank of ''lieutenant'' was introduced in the [[National Police (France)|National Police]] as the first rank of the police officers scale.