Since there is no mass disturbance, there is no need of a more serious presence of the gendarmerie forces. |
A national police force oversees urban areas, and a gendarmerie attends to rural peacekeeping. |
The state also increased the budget for the military, police and gendarmerie at that time. |
It was a calculated response to the fears of an oppressive gendarmerie which had motivated so much resistance to the force. |
In times of national crisis the gendarmerie can be used to reinforce the army. |
We think this kid will indeed be serving his country in uniform, but it won't be the natty blue of the gendarmerie. |