Re: Re: Gendarmes   
     By: Holger Granholm to Joe Delahaye on Mon Sep 26 2016 08:57:00   
      
    HG>> So the gendarmes are probably military polices, or just soldiers.   
      
    JD>> Or perhaps the State Police.  I believe there is a Gendarmerie (sp)   
    JD>> in France. Perhaps it is something like the British Bobby?   
      
    HG> I have always thought that an english Bobby is a patrolling police,   
    HG> creating a sense of safety in a neighbourhood, and helping citizens and   
    HG> tourists.   
      
   Yes, wrong comparison.  The UK does have a state police, but it is not the the   
   English Bobby.  My mind wont wrap around the name of that organization right   
   now though.   
      
      
    HG> Since nobody frenchspeaking person appears here, I think we will have to   
    HG> leave the question of what a french gendarm is or does, open.   
      
   True enough   
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