gendarmerie

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It would be overseen by a committee of officers from the army, gendarmerie and police.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

"Tensions between groups broke out, requiring the intervention of the police and the gendarmerie," Vienne regional police said in a statement.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

Police unions, a powerful political force in France, argued, though, that they should have broader authority to fight crime and rules that matched those of the gendarmerie, a French police force with military status.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

“It’s very ambitions and it’s true that many experts have voiced opposition,” said Bertrand Cavallier, the former commander of France’s national gendarmerie police training center, speaking in a phone interview.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2023

The contingents were raised without difficulty; there were no refractory recruits in rural districts, although the gendarmerie were absent with the army; the Leagues had given way on the first remonstrance.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.