Gendarmerie (disambiguation)
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A gendarmerie
is a police force that is part of the armed forces
of a country, and is responsible for policing the civilian population (and usually the armed forces as well.)
Organisations whose names contain the word "gendarmerie" include:
Gendarmerie
A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military force charged with police duties among civilian populations. Members of such a force are typically called "gendarmes". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes a gendarme as "a soldier who is employed on police duties" and a "gendarmery, -erie" as...
is a police force that is part of the armed forces
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
of a country, and is responsible for policing the civilian population (and usually the armed forces as well.)
Organisations whose names contain the word "gendarmerie" include:
- Argentine National GendarmerieArgentine National GendarmerieThe Argentine National Gendarmerie is the gendarmerie and corps of border guards of Argentina.The Argentine National Gendarmerie has a strength of 12,000....
- CarabinieriCarabinieriThe Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations, and is a branch of the armed forces.-Early history:...
- Civil Guard (Spain)Civil Guard (Spain)The Civil Guard is the Spanish gendarmerie. It has foreign peace-keeping missions and maintains military status and is the equivalent of a federal military-status police force. As a police force, the Guardia Civil is comparable today to the French Gendarmerie, the Italian Carabinieri and the...
- Corps of Gendarmerie of San Marino
- Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican CityCorps of Gendarmerie of Vatican CityThe Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano is the gendarmerie, or police and security force, of Vatican City. The corps is responsible for security, public order, border control, traffic control, criminal investigation, and other general police duties in Vatican City...
- Cretan GendarmerieCretan GendarmerieThe Cretan Gendarmerie was a gendarmerie force created under the Cretan State, after the island of Crete gained autonomy from Ottoman rule in the late 19th century...
- European Gendarmerie ForceEuropean Gendarmerie ForceThe European Gendarmerie Force was launched by an agreement in 2006 between five members of the European Union : France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Romania subsequently joined in 2009...
- Federal Police (Mexico)
- FeldgendarmerieFeldgendarmerieThe Feldgendarmerie were the uniformed military police units of the armies of the German Empire from the mid 19th Century until the conclusion of World War II.- Early history :...
- Guarda Nacional Republicana
- Gendarmerie (Austria)
- Gendarmerie (Belgium)
- Gendarmery (Serbia)
- Gendarmerie (Switzerland)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (France)Gendarmerie Nationale (France)In France, the National Gendarmerie is a branch of the French Armed Forces, in charge of public safety, with police duties among the civilian population. It also contains a military police force and a special forces component . It has a strength of more than 105,975 persons...
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Benin)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Burkina-Faso)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Burundi)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Cameroon)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Chad)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Gabon)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Madagascar)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Mali)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Mauritania)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Niger)Gendarmerie Nationale (Niger)The Gendarmerie Nationale is the national paramilitary police force of Niger. One of two paramilitary police units of the nation, the Gendarmerie Nationale is modeled on the Gendarmerie of former colonial power, France...
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Senegal)
- Gendarmerie Nationale (Togo)
- Gendarmerie (Turkey)
- Grand Ducal Gendarmerie
- Greek GendarmerieGreek GendarmerieThe Hellenic Gendarmerie was the national gendarmerie and military police force of Greece.-19th Century:The Greek Gendarmerie was established after the enthronement of King Otto in 1833 as the Royal Gendarmerie and modeled after the French Gendarmerie. It was at that time formally part of the...
- Guardia di FinanzaGuardia di FinanzaThe Guardia di Finanza is a Italian law enforcement agency under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance. Like the Carabinieri, it is part of the Italian Armed Forces. The Guard is essentially responsible for dealing with financial crime and smuggling; it has also evolved into Italy's...
- Internal TroopsInternal TroopsThe Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs ; alternatively translated as "Interior " is a paramilitary gendarmerie-like force in the now-defunct Soviet Union and its successor countries, particularly, in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan...
- Military Police (Brazil)
- Rapid Action ForceRapid Action ForceThe Rapid Action Force is a specialised wing of the Indian CRPF . It was established on 11 December 1991 and became fully operational in October 1992, to deal with riots & related unrest...
- Republican National Guard (Portugal)
- Royal Moroccan GendarmerieRoyal Moroccan GendarmerieThe Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie is the Gendarmerie body of Morocco, and comes under the authority of the Ministry of Defence.-History:...
- Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
- Romanian Gendarmerie