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A HERO in any language, this time, French.

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March 26, 2018, 11:26 AM
JALLEN
A HERO in any language, this time, French.
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Originally posted by tacfoley:
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Originally posted by JALLEN:As far as I saw, the gendarmes and their families all live in a compound, a base, the gendarmerie, apart from others, although it may be in the midle of town. I can’t say this is universal, but it is often the case, every case that I saw.


FWIW - The French Gendarmerie are NOT a police force as is generally understood in the USA. The National Gendarmerie is one of two national police forces of France, along with the National Police. It is a branch of the French Armed Forces placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior—with additional duties to the Ministry of Defense. Its area of responsibility includes smaller towns, rural and suburban areas, while the Police Nationale —a civilian force —is in charge of cities and downtowns. Due to its military status, the Gendarmerie also fulfills a range of military and defense missions. The Gendarmes also have a cybercrime division. It has a strength of more than 100,000 personnel as of 2014.

You will recall that the late Lt Col Beltrame had served in Iraq, where his actions had earned him the Silver Star, France's second highest bravery award. Such items are not dished out with the morning mail call.

tac


That explains much of what I saw and experienced. Out in the hinterlands, where I spent most of the time, there was no other law enforcement seen, or that I saw.



Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown