Décret · fixant les conditions d'exercice de la police municipale

Ce décret fixe les conditions d'exercice de la police municipale au Cameroun. Il définit les missions de la police municipale, notamment le maintien de l'ordre, la sécurité, la salubrité et la tranquillité publiques. Il précise que la police municipale est placée sous l'autorité du maire et est exercée par des agents communaux. Le décret organise la création d'un service de police municipale, son fonctionnement et prévoit des dispositions transitoires pour les services existants.

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE - WORK – FATHERLAND

Decree No. 2022/354 of 09 AOUT 2022 to lay down conditions for carrying out municipal policing.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,

Mindful of the Constitution; Mindful of Law No. 2019/024 of 24 December 2019 to institute the General Code of Regional and Local Authorities; Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2018/190 of 2 March 2018; Mindful of Decree No. 2020/111 of 2 March 2020 on the establishment, organization and functioning of the National School of Local Administration,

HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 1: This decree lays down conditions for carrying out municipal policing.

ARTICLE 2: (1) The purpose of municipal policing shall be to maintain order, safety, tranquillity, security and public sanitation on the territory of the council or city council.

(2) Municipal policing shall be under the authority of the mayor.

(3) The municipal policing referred to in paragraph 1 above shall consist in:

(a) ensuring safety and convenience of passage through streets, quays, public squares and roads, in particular:

cleaning;
street lighting;
clearing congestions;
demolishing or repairing buildings in danger of collapse;
removing items or substances which may cause damage or harmful exhalations;
facilitating road crossing for pupils, students and other users;

easing traffic on public roads and at intersections, under the supervision of the forces of law and order;
regulating the parking of vehicles on public roads;

(b) transportation, burial and exhumation of corpses, and maintenance of order and decency in cemeteries, without allowing special treatment or requirements due to the circumstances of the death;

(c) participation, where necessary, in the inspection of apparatuses and/or instruments for handling foodstuffs sold by weight or measure, conducted by the competent government services;

(d) safety of edible foodstuffs displayed for sale, in conjunction with the competent sector government services;

(e) implementation of civil protection activities at the council or community. Such activities include:

preventing, through appropriate precautions, and intervening, by distributing necessary aid, in case of accidents and disasters such as fires, floods or any other natural accidents, contagious diseases, epidemics and epizootics;
implementing emergency safety, assistance and rescue measures and, where necessary, resorting to the intervention of the representative of the State, to whom the prescribed measures are reported;

(f) necessary measures against the mentally deranged whose condition may compromise public morals, the safety of persons or the preservation of property, notably:

by taking mentally deranged and wandering persons to the competent health facilities;
defraying, within the limits of available resources, the costs of treating the mentally deranged in the said health facilities;

(g) acting to prevent or remedy untoward events that may be caused by stray animals;

(h) demolition of buildings constructed without building permits;

(i) supervision of buildings belonging to the council, city council or district council;