gendarmerie
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A bike racing controversy that doesn’t involve a rogue doctor and a midnight raid by the gendarmerie?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A French navy ship and two gendarmerie patrol boats were stationed nearby.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
"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
Four mobile gendarmerie squadrons are being deployed as reinforcements, including 15 gendarmes from an elite intervention unit.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
One of the most influential personages in each government, is the colonel of the gendarmerie, who is completely independent of the governor.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
