Are they both armed ?
2006-10-06 23:56:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
The main difference is that most of the Police are recruited on a local basis and are paid by the town they work in (except special police). Gendarmes are a military force and are recruited on a county or national level, as are the CRS (Compagnie Républicaine de Sécurité).
There is rivalry between the different police forces, some jobs have to be left to the county police.
Local police are armed, but their guns are chained onto their holsters so that no one can remove them or use them apart from the officer. Some local police never leave their buildings and never do other than paper work. Most local police are close to the community and know everyone. They do school crossings, too.They report in to the town hall after and during work. The Mayor of a town is the Head of the police force there. Nicolas Sarkosy, God bless his soul, has cut down on the local police in troubled areas, supplying more security officers who can arrest and clamp down on troublemakers, but they are hated by the local communities, faceless and anonymous.
2006-10-07 00:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by MEAMEAMEA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In France they have 3 different types of law enforcement.
1- The National Police- there the Dogs Bollocks-Armed, they have authoroty around the whole country
2- The Municipal Police- some times armed they are incharge of city policing
3-Gendarmes- Not armed they are in charge of some small towns and villages
2006-10-07 00:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by Yoda 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Difference is the Police smell of Beer and the Gendarmes smell of Garlic
2006-10-07 00:20:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Natioanl Police are a style of judicial police as they serve seek warrants and habit criminal investigations etc. they are additionally charged with usual secure practices, site visitors responsibilities etc. The Gendarmerie is a police tension organised under protection tension lines. They patrol components which at the instant are not under the jurisdiction of the national police that's extra or less a million/2 the inhabitants. they are additionally the French protection tension Police for the armed centers. The national Police is a extra present day corporation and the Gendarmerie extra historic i.e. it is been in existence longer. Its comparable in the thank you to the NYPD and new york Sheriff's Dept.
2016-10-18 23:22:58 · answer #4 · answered by daw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gendarmes are members of the Defence Dept. Other Police are either employed by the Interior Dept or by their municipality
2006-10-07 00:19:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They both ride around in vans and do very little work!
2006-10-06 23:58:55 · answer #6 · answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the same
2006-10-06 23:58:10 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Dee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋