RCMP - GRC

RCMP GRC

A gendarmerie or gendarmery (/dʒɛnˈdɑrməri/ or /ʒɑːnˈdɑrməri/) is, in principle, a military[1] force charged with police duties among civilian populations. Members of such a force are typically called “gendarmes”. These units are also associated with other descriptions, such as maréchaussée (marshalry) or Guard or Constabulary. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes gendarme as “a soldier who is employed on police duties” and a “gendarmery, -erie” as “gendarmes as a body”.

Following the Napoleonic era the creation of French style military forces with police functions was widely imitated in European states as well as in many former French colonies and mandated territories