gendarmerie

/ʒɑ̃.daʁ.m(ə).ʁi/
1.
nounfeminineSing

national police force with military status (in France and some other countries)

a gendarmerie station (building where gendarmes work and where the public goes to report crimes)

On a dû aller à la gendarmerie pour porter plainte après le vol.

We had to go to the gendarmerie to file a report after the theft.

Synonyms:gendarmes, Gendarmerie nationale