gendarmerie

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Stating the country "no longer needs disturbances", his first appointments to his new cabinet were to the ministries of the armed forces, public security and the gendarmerie.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 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

Bertrand Cavallier, the former commander of France’s national gendarmerie training school, said French law enforcement should not be judged by the actions of one officer.

From Washington Times • Jul. 1, 2023

On top of 1,150 teams from the country’s disaster management agency, the gendarmerie, police and military rescue teams were also deployed.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

Determined to investigate the matter to the utmost, he had already despatched two of his servants to the town of St. Flour, to command the instant attendance of a detachment of gendarmerie.

From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford