The lowest rung of the Royal Gendarmerie is, in
fact, made up of training gendarmes, gendarmes, and
first-class gendarmes, immediately followed by all officers who have served for at least five years.
The coordination of gendarmes during field operations
is entrusted to brigadiers, identifiable by the silver tabs
on their collar, and by the bicorn hat included in their
uniform. Each brigadier can have one or several deputy
brigadiers, and answers to one of the inspectors in their
district.
The inspector duties fall on marshals or lieutenants,
who are usually in charge of the more complex operations and investigations, but are also tasked with
coordinating the brigadiers for the different areas of
their assigned district.
These littlings wear uniforms of a lighter green, tall
pointy boots, white trousers, and a color-coded sash
that signals the dukedom of their jurisdiction: green
for the Table, red for the Window, blue for the Piano,
and black for the Cupboard.
At the head of each district there’s an officer known as
the chief inspector, either a lieutenant or captain, who
is responsible for the police station.
Ranking above chief inspectors there are majors and
colonels known as superintendents and tasked with
overseeing all police operations in a given city. Finally,
at the very top of the Royal Gendarmerie there are the
brigadier generals and the Minister of Justice.
