Gendarmerie ( Romania ) Jandarmeria Română ( ) is the military branch of the two Romanian police forces ( the civil force being the Romanian Police ) . The gendarmerie is subordinated to the Ministry of Administration and Interior and does not have responsibility for policing the Romanian Armed Forces . This duty lies with the Military Police subordinated to the Romanian Land Forces . History . The beginnings . The first Gendarmerie corps was created on April 3 , 1850 in Moldavia by the Prince Grigore Alexandru Ghica . After the Union of Wallachia and Moldavia in 1859 under Alexandru Ioan Cuza , the Gendarmerie was subordinated to the Ministry of War as a separate armed force . During the Romanian War of Independence of 1877 - 1878 , it mainly served as military police , but it also took part in combat . Rural Gendarmerie . In 1893 , the Rural Gendarmerie ( " Jandarmeria Rurală " ) was established by the Law for the Organization of the Rural Gendarmerie ( " Legea pentru organizarea Jandarmeriei rurale " ) as a military corps under the authority of the Ministry of Justice for policing the countryside and under the authority of Ministry of War for military police functions . The bill was proposed by Lascăr Catargiu ' s Conservative government and it was promulgated by the King on August 30 , 1893 . The first article of the Ordinance regarding the Implementation of the Rural Gendarmerie Law mentioned that : The organization of the Rural Gendarmerie , as described in the law , makes this institution a military body , subordinated to the Interior Minister , with the mission to maintain the public order and security . It is also subordinated to the Justice Minister , the Public Minister for policing duties , and to the War Minister for all the aspects regarding military discipline , command and troops ' training . The Peasants ' Revolt of 1907 revealed the unpreparedness of the Gendarmerie and its inability to control and quell the rebellion . As a result , another bill ( " Legea Jandarmeriei " ) was adopted on March 24 , 1908 . The new law re - organized the institution , making it a component of the Army with provost duties and transferring commissioned officers from the Army to the Gendarmerie . The world wars . The Romanian Gendarmerie was engaged during the Second Balkan War and the First World War with military police duties , policing the front , guarding important installations and organizing the evacuation during the 1916 retreat . The corps also saw actual combat during the 1917 campaign ( " see also Romanian Campaign ( World War I ) " ) . The Gendarmerie oversaw the demobilization of the Army in July 1918 and the re - mobilization in October 1918 and maintained the public order in the new territories . Upon the entry of Romania into the Second World War on June 22 , 1941 , the Gendarmerie took over its military police duties again . It was also involved in the deportation of Jews and Gypsies to Transnistria in 1941 and 1942 ( " see also Romania and the Holocaust " ) . Cold War era . After the war , the purged and disbanded ( on January 23 , 1949 ) the Gendarmerie , its personnel being redistributed to the newly created Directorate for Security Troops , modeled after the NKVD Internal Troops . After 1989 . The Romanian Gendarmerie was re - established on July 5 , 1990 . Starting in 2006 , the corps abandoned conscription and in 2007 it became an all - professional military force . Duties . Its duties include : Organization . General Inspectorate of the Gendarmerie . The General Inspectorate of the Gendarmerie is the central structure of the Romanian Gendarmerie under the command of a General Inspector ( " Inspector - general " ) appointed by the Minister of Interior . The General Inspector is assisted by 3 deputies . The first deputy ( " prim - adjunct " ) is the chief of the Gendarmerie Staff and heads the Operational Planning and Management , Guard and Institutional Protection and the Public Order and Security Directorates . The other two deputies manage the Human Resources and the Military Schools Directorates , and the Logistics , IT and Communication Directorates respectively . The task of the General Inspectorate is to plan , manage , coordinate and control the territorial inspectorates , the Mobile Squads , the Special Intervention Brigade and the military schools . The General Inspectorate of the Gendarmerie also acts as an interface of the organization with the other law enforcement agencies and the Interior Ministry . Territorial organizations . The Romanian Gendarmerie is divided in 41 territorial inspectorates , corresponding to each county ( " judeţ " ) , and the General Directorate of the Gendarmerie in Bucharest . Additionally , eight Gendarmerie Mobile Groups ( " Grupări Mobile " ) operate on a territorial basis , with headquarters in Bacău , Braşov , Cluj Napoca , Constanţa , Craiova , Ploieşti , Târgu Mureş and Timişoara . Special Intervention Brigade . The " Vlad Ţepeş " Special Intervention Brigade has national jurisdiction . It handles special and high - risk situations , such as heavy rioting , hostage rescue and counter - terrorist operations . Gendarmerie military schools . The officer cadets are trained for becoming commissioned officers at the " Alexandru Ioan Cuza " Police Academy in Bucharest . In addition , the " Mihai Viteazul " Military School in Bucharest offers post - graduate courses ( in collaboration with the French Gendarmerie ) for commissioned officers , while the " Grigore Alexandru Ghica " Military School in Drăgăşani trains non - commissioned officers . Combat Supply and Logistics Base . Also known as " Baza de Aprovizionare pentru Luptă şi Gospodărire " ( B . A . L . G . ) , " Baza de Administrare şi Deservire " or " U . M . 0260 " is a technical administrative unit under the command of General Inspectorate of the Gendarmerie . Its primary duties include administration of the buildings and other facilities inside the Inspectorate courtyard , the Gendarmerie ' s shooting range , vehicle repair and maintenance and farms providing food for the personnel of the Gendarmerie . The farms are located north of Bucharest . List of commanders . The commanders of the Gendarmerie since its establishment in 1893 : Uniform . During the period up to 1915 the Romanian Gendarmerie wore a distinctive dress comprising a shako with white plume , dark blue tunic with red facings , white trefoil epaulette s and aiguillette s plus light blue trousers with red stripes . Mounted units of the Gendarmerie wore a silver helmet with spike and white plume , a similar tunic to the foot branch but with yellow epaulettes and aiguillettes , white breeches and high boots . Currently the Romanian gendarmes wear dark blue beret s / caps , shirts / T - shirts and trousers as everyday uniforms , while the dress uniform consists of a light blue tunic , white shirt , dark blue tie and dark blue trousers for the commissioned officers , and a dark blue tunic , white shirt and dark blue trousers for the NCO ' s and privates . The Honour Guard ( " Garda de Onoare " ) wears a light blue and black uniform of nineteenth century style with plumed kepi s , white fringed epaulettes and red facings . Ranks and insignia . Because the Gendarmerie is a military body , it uses the same ranking system as the Romanian Land Forces . International affiliations . The Romanian Gendarmerie is a full member of the Association of the European and Mediterranean Police Forces and Gendarmeries with Military Status ( FIEP ) , along with the French Gendarmerie , the Italian Carabinieri , the Spanish Guardia Civil , the Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana , the Turkish Gendarmerie , the Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie and the Dutch Royal Marechaussee . After Romania ' s accession to the European Union , the " Jandarmeria " sought to be accepted as permanent observer to the European Gendarmerie Force , as a first step towards full membership . On March 3 , 2009 , the Romanian Gendarmerie became full member of the European Gendarmerie Force . International missions . Since February 2002 , 115 Romanian gendarmes have been deployed in Peć , Kosovo , as part of the UNMIK police force .