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

"We are looking into the likelihood of a fire being started deliberately," a spokesperson for the gendarmerie told Reuters.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

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

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 Hell, Xavier Hommaire de