Original sentence: Reflecting a new emphasis on civilian policing; in 1984 both the Gendarmerie and the city police were merged into a single unified Greek Police Force  which however maintained elements of the former military structure and hierarchy
Edited sentence: After the fall of the Colonels, emphasis was placed on civilian policing.Despite strong opposition from the Gendarmerie, in 1984 both it and the city police were merged into a single unified Greek Police Force (IAW Law 1481/1-10-1984, Government Gazette 152 A) which however maintained elements of a military structure and hierarchy.In the aftermath of the Greek Civil War, the Gendarmerie and the Cities Police became bastions of the conservative and vehemently anti-Communist establishment, a role they would retain throughout the regime of the colonels from 1967 to 1974