gendarmerie

Example Sentences

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Alex Batty appeared to be keen to be taken to an embassy in a big French city, but the student decided to contact the gendarmerie, the French military police.

From BBC

An investigation into involuntary injuries and endangering the lives of others was opened by the regional prosecutor and the air transport gendarmerie.

From BBC

A rural police officer was on the line, asking if he could come down to the gendarmerie for a chat.

From New York Times

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

The most recent government statistics available show that 17 people were killed after police and gendarmerie officers shot at them in 2021.

From Washington Times