| Pale French gendarmes, seemingly plucked straight from Paris point duty, look lost directing the coconut trees. |
| There were three gendarmes in plain clothes, a little pumped up with the adrenaline of the occasion. |
| Government is in the last resort the employment of armed men, of policemen, gendarmes, soldiers, prison guards, and hangmen. |
| Anticipating trouble, in June the French Government dispatched 300 gendarmes to Tahiti to ensure that law and order were maintained. |
| But some early baseball caps sat up, blocky, like what tops the crowns of French gendarmes. |
| There are several police forces, including internal security police, gendarmes, and military police. |
