Policing is tough, everywhere

VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Wed 16 Oct 2013 21:09
Except here, perhaps. This is the Gendarmerie (police station) on the Isle of Pines, located in a beautifully restored colonial building and staffed by a small number of Gendarmes on secondment from France:
 
 
As usual they have to live with their families in the adjacent barracks - here actually a series of detached bungalows of decent hotel standard. And this is their view from the entrance (our boat out of view in the bay to the left):