gendarmes

That the gendarmes wouldn't be a part of the army (but at that point the police might be).

The colonizing gendarmes who are supposed to be able to evaluate our work are even more clueless.

Nowadays, the gendarmes only show up when protests are expected to turn into rioting (so basically most of them).

You can't go anywhere in this post-9/11 world without the potential for being hassled by the gendarmes.

If one had to design the police system from crash, they would likely merge police and gendarmes for police work.

Numerous gendarmes and police officers were visible on the roads leading to Vierzon, and even in the sub-prefecture of Cher.

In the afternoon, gendarmes even intervened on the Quai de l'Yèvre in Vierzon, breaking a window and the door of an apartment.

Having lived 24 years in France I have never been asked to produce ID by the police or gendarmes.

Early French Gendarmes earned their bread capturing criminals and charging the populace for the service (as freelancer professionals, not employees of the government).

Amazing what a few hours facing a couple of stern French gendarmes does.

CRS everywhere, out of town Gendarmes there, airport style security to get into the church, police questioning every non-white person on the street.

The significant deployment of gendarmes in a street in Méreau on Tuesday, which surprised the local population, moved to the Vierzon area on Wednesday.

It would be like the gendarmes today — literally "armed people", even if they don't always carry an arm.

Monseigneur,” said the brigadier of gendarmes, “so what this man said is true, then?

It is never fastened with anything but a latch, either by day or by night.” Then, turning to the gendarmes:— “You may retire, gentlemen.” The gendarmes retired.

In other cultures we see military (gendarmes or "men at arms") and slaves being deployed to enforce laws.