gendarmerie

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Several officers from the Gendarmerie photographed our car and asked to see our ID cards and urged us to be discreet.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

“We’re employing various measures, notably the elite National Gendarmerie Intervention Group unit, which will be present in the torch relay from beginning to end,” she said.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

Some 40 people were detained during the protests, according to a statement by the Gendarmerie General Command on Sunday.

From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2023

The complaint claims that Mr. Giani’s portion of the expenses, about 170,000 euros, was provided by a money transfer from the Gendarmerie, not by him.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

The Guardia Civil or Gendarmerie, is subject only to his orders, and for arrests and imprisonment for political offenses, he is responsible, not to the law, but to the Governor General and the King.

From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat