gendarmerie

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It would be overseen by a committee of officers from the army, gendarmerie and police.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 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

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

Amid the silence of death, a captain of gendarmerie took a slip of paper from his pocket, while a comrade held a lantern under his nose.

From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William