gendarmerie

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law enforcement agency military police force public security organization

A gendarmerie is a military-style police force responsible for law enforcement duties, typically in rural areas and under the authority of a nation's defense or interior ministry.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Gendarmerie 2
Gendarmery (Žandarmerija) 1
gendarmerie of the Russian Empire 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf law enforcement agency ⓘ
military police force ⓘ
public security organization ⓘ
canBeDeployed crisis management operations ⓘ
domestic security operations ⓘ
international peacekeeping missions ⓘ
cooperatesWith armed forces ⓘ
civilian police forces ⓘ
international police organizations ⓘ
judicial authorities ⓘ
etymology derived from Old French gens d’armes ⓘ
hasCharacteristic armed force ⓘ
disciplinary military code ⓘ
hierarchical command ⓘ
military-style structure ⓘ
national jurisdiction ⓘ
uniformed service ⓘ
hasDuty VIP protection in some countries ⓘ
assisting judiciary ⓘ
disaster relief support ⓘ
emergency response ⓘ
enforcing criminal law ⓘ
protecting civilians ⓘ
protecting property ⓘ
security of government facilities ⓘ
supporting civil authorities ⓘ
historicalOrigin France NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfOrigin late Middle Ages ⓘ
legalStatus military force with police powers ⓘ
national police component ⓘ
part of armed forces in many countries ⓘ
membership professional full-time personnel ⓘ
performsFunction border security ⓘ
counter-terrorism support ⓘ
crime prevention ⓘ
criminal investigation ⓘ
crowd control ⓘ
judicial police duties ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
military police duties ⓘ
public order maintenance ⓘ
rural patrol ⓘ
traffic policing ⓘ
relatedConcept civilian police ⓘ
military police ⓘ
national guard NERFINISHED ⓘ
paramilitary police ⓘ
reportsTo ministry of defence NERFINISHED ⓘ
ministry of the interior NERFINISHED ⓘ
national government ⓘ
trainingType military training ⓘ
police training ⓘ
typicalAreaOfOperation rural areas ⓘ
small towns ⓘ
strategic infrastructure sites ⓘ
suburban areas ⓘ
usedInCountry Argentina ⓘ
Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Ivory Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkish Armed Forces (Gendarmerie and Coast Guard) → gendarmerieType → gendarmerie ⓘ
this entity surface form: national gendarmerie
Orpo → hasBranch → gendarmerie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gendarmerie
Serbian police forces → hasPart → gendarmerie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gendarmery (Žandarmerija)
Montenegrin Army → militaryBranch → gendarmerie ⓘ
École des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale → militaryBranch → gendarmerie ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gendarmerie
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Empire → oversaw → gendarmerie ⓘ
this entity surface form: gendarmerie of the Russian Empire
ŻW → type → gendarmerie ⓘ