  thumb|right|crs in riot control gear, with the helmet ready the compagnies rÃ©publicaines de sÃ©curitÃ© (crs) () are the riot control forces and general reserve of the french national police. the crs were created on 8 december 1944 and the first units were organised by 31 january 1945. the crs were reorganized in 1948. the task for which they are best known is crowd and riot control and re-establishment of order. the expression les crs refers the whole force. it would be understood in the feminine plural insofar as the noun compagnie is feminine, but is typically used in the masculine to refer to the troops, most of whom are male (thus, masc.pl.). in french slang un crs (masc.sg.) may mean "a crs man". ==history== after the groupes mobiles de rÃ©serve (gmr) (created by the vichy rÃ©gime) were dissolved, the crs were created on 8 december 1944. the crs is a civilian corps (unlike the gendarmes, who are military), trained in anti-insurrection and antiriot techniques. 
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