No. 5,633 in French
crs
"CRS" stands for "Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité," meaning Republican Security Companies, a French riot police unit.
In a sentence
Les CRS sont mobilisés pour maintenir l'ordre lors des manifestations.
The CRS are mobilized to maintain order during protests.
CRS refers to a specific division of the French National Police tasked with crowd control and public order.
Lors de son déplacement en France, il a vu des CRS surveiller une grande foule.
During his visit to France, he saw CRS monitoring a large crowd.
CRS are depicted here performing their duty of crowd surveillance.
Les collègues discutent souvent des interventions des CRS dans les quartiers agités.
The colleagues often discuss the interventions of CRS in troubled neighborhoods.
CRS interventions are part of their responsibility to manage disturbances in neighborhoods.
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