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

More than 2,000 firefighters and 500 firefighting vehicles continue to be deployed to the Aude region, alongside gendarmerie and army personnel, officials said on Thursday.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2025

Four mobile gendarmerie squadrons are being deployed as reinforcements, including 15 gendarmes from an elite intervention unit.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

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

The character of Phœbus de Chateaupers, the bold, reckless, gay, gallant, good-tempered, light-hearted, and faithless captain of gendarmerie, is also original, and wrought out with great skill.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett