Paul Le Gal

d. 1924

Biography

Paul Le Gal devoted his life to the service of Paris and rose to the rank of commissaire de police, guiding precincts through seasons of change with steady judgment and an abiding sense of civic duty.

His colleagues remember him for calm leadership and the trust he placed in the people he protected, a memory now honored at Père Lachaise Cemetery where he rests among the city he kept safe.

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