At least 4,000 police and gendarmes were expected to be mobilised for the occasion, at a time when forces are already stretched and depleted from policing the weeks of protests.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11900529/French-protestors-stack-piles-rubbish-filled-bin-bags-makeshift-barricades-against-riot-cops.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Just before dawn on March 24, 1944, German gendarmes burst into the farm in Markowa.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/09/10/the-story-of-the-ulmas-martyrdom-should-be-known-worldwide/

Sabri Güreşçi quoted the gendarmes as saying: “There is a state of emergency, we will kill you… We will kill you and bury you under the rubble… We’re going to say the public lynched you.”

Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/04/turkiye-police-and-gendarmerie-commit-abuses-in-earthquake-zone/

They added: “The new agreement will significantly increase the number of French gendarmes patrolling the beaches in northern France and ensure UK and French officers are working hand in hand to stop people smugglers.”

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/border-force-english-channel-priti-patel-b2254598.html