gendarme

Outside, TV crews stood at the ready and a comedian dressed as a gendarme sold “genuine fake Swiss passports.”

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

The regional gendarme commander, Gen Franz Tavart, has said for years that the length of this coastline, and the lure of the UK, means that policing alone will never be enough to stop the crossings.

From BBC ● May 20, 2022

After 35 years of digging, investigators determined that the suspect had worked as a gendarme in the Paris region between 1986 and 1994, and summoned 750 current or former officers for questioning this week.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2021

Dinghies used by migrants to try to cross the channel are seen at the French gendarme brigade in Marquise, France, August 20, 2020.

From Reuters ● Jul. 23, 2021

On most nights, the people stayed at the site long after this gendarme had gone and told stories to one another beneath the big blank screen.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

Almost 2,000 people were arrested on Thursday alone and 305 police officers and gendarmes were injured, according to the Interior Ministry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

To ensure public safety, authorities have deployed 4,800 police officers and gendarmes, along with 2,500 firefighters, in and around the capital.

From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026

Nearly 16,000 French police, gendarmes, troops, firefighters and border guards will be deployed, using boats, motorcycles and drones, alongside mounted police and dog-handling units, France's Haute-Savoie regional prefecture said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

The Jubillar mystery began at the height of Covid lockdown when – in the early hours on 16 December 2020 – Cédric Jubillar contacted the gendarmes to report that his wife had gone missing.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025

Two young gendarmes pile them into the back of a truck and drive up the narrow street and across the causeway and are gone.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr