>   Re: Re: Gendarmes   
    >   By: Holger Granholm to Joe Delahaye on Mon Sep 26 2016 08:57:00   
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    >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.   
      
      
   MI5   
      
      
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    >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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