In 1814, to be precisely on october 26th, the acting emperor, later also known asKing William 1st decided to build a police force called: "Corps de Marechauss�e"; he changed the name "Gendarmerie" and impressed therefore a personal touch on the just born policecorps. The main goal for this corps was to keep peace and order, to mainatin the laws and secure the obidance of laws and look after the security of the countries borders of the Kingdom and all main highways and roads. Later, the Royal Marechaussee also took the task of the "klompenwacht" (cloque-guard) at the palais and became even worthier to the countrie in common and to the government in particular. |