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Demilitarization of the Belgian Gendarmerie

NCJ Number
141338
Journal
Cahiers de la Securite Interieure Issue: 11 Dated: (November 1992- January 1993) Pages: 125-128
Author(s)
L Van Outrive
Date Published
1992
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The demilitarization of the Belgian police was marked by conflicts and included reforms that made the institution into a more normal police service within the Belgian police organization.
Abstract
This article reviews the context and historical development by dates and laws of the "demilitarization" and "normalization" of the Belgian gendarmerie from a military organization in 1912 to a 1991 law than made it a more civilian force. 7 notes