>>12720035we used to have a gendarmie also, then we had city police in 5 big cities(thessaloniki wasnt one of them even thought it is the second biggest because the local goverment wanted the security force militarised so the gendarmie police there)
The gendarmie was militarised and was known for working outside the rule of law to hunt lefties
Also it had its own special force, who was specifiacally to hunt communists or other political groups, it got disbanded after they collaborated with the germans in ww2
Also their interrogators had a famous in greece motto "from here you will leave as a friend or a cripple"
pic related: mounted gendarmie policeman parades the head of a communist in the nearby town in the 50s
