### Clue: Woman set about Romeo after information from cop (8)
### Answer: GENDARME 
 ### Explanation: Definition: cop
  [DAME(formerly a form of address to a woman) **containing**(set about) R(represented by "Romeo" in the phonetic alphabet)] **placed after**(after) GEN(information, derived from "$$gen$$eral information"). 
Answer: From the French, term for cop,policeman, more strictly speaking, a soldier performing police duties among the civilian population.