PRAEFECTUS CURATORESQUE URBIS
AD VIGILES QUI CUSTODIERUNT EAM

GABRIEL NICOLAS DE LA REYNIE CONSEILLER DU ROY PREMIER LIEUTENANT GENERAL DE POLICE DE LA VILLE, PRÈVÔTÉ ET VICOMTÉ DE PARIS EN ASSURA LES FONCTIONS DE 1667 À 1697 MORT LE 14 JUIN 1709

HOMME D’UNE GRANDE VERTU QUI DANS CETTE PLACE POUVAIT SATTIRER LA HAINE ET SACQUIR POURTANT L’ESTIME UNIVERSELLE (SAINT-SIMON)

The plaque on the headquarters of the district police of Paris commemorates who was the first chief of police of Paris and is considered the father of modern police forces.

The building was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

On the same building is also a plaque indicating the heroism of the policemen in the battle for the liberation of Paris Click for sign's details as well as a plaque under the statue that was placed on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the battle for the liberation of Paris Click for sign's details

Translation of the text on the sign:
(Latin)
THE GOVERNOR AND CURATORS OF THE CITY
TO THE POLICE WHO GUARDED HER

GABRIEL NICOLAS DE LA REYNIE ADVISOR TO THE ROY FIRST LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF POLICE OF THE CITY, PROVOST AND VISCOUNTY OF PARIS ASSURED THE FUNCTIONS FROM 1667 TO 1697 DIED ON JUNE 14, 1709

A MAN OF GREAT VIRTUE WHO IN THIS PLACE COULD ATTRACT HATE AND YET ACQUIRE UNIVERSAL ESTEEM (SAINT-SIMON)