Royal Gendarmerie (Cambodia)

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Royal Gendarmerie កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ (Khmer) Gendarmerie royale (French)
Emblem
Motto	«សង្គ្រោះ បម្រើ ការពារ» (Khmer) "Rescue, Serve, Protect"
Agency overview
Formed	20 July 1954 (original) 18 March 1970 – 17 April 1975 as National Gendarmerie 14 July 1993 (re-established)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Cambodia
Operations jurisdiction	Cambodia
General nature	Gendarmerie
Operational structure
Headquarters	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Members	30,000
Agency executive	Gen. Sao Sokha
Parent agency	Royal Cambodian Armed Forces

The Royal Gendarmerie (Khmer: កងរាជអាវុធហត្ថ, ALA-LC: Kang Rājaʿʹāvudhahatth [kɑːŋ riəc.ʔaːʋut.hat]; French: Gendarmerie royale) is the national gendarmerie force of the Kingdom of Cambodia. It is a branch of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and it is responsible for the maintenance of public order and internal security in Cambodia. The paramilitary unit has a strength of 30,000 soldiers deployed in all provinces. Its headquarters is located in Phnom Penh, with the unit's chain of command through the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces High Command. The Gendarmerie is under the direct supervision of a commander with an equivalent rank to General. The High Command is responsible for monitoring all Gendarmerie units as well as general training. The current commander is General Sao Sokha, a former bodyguard and personal advisor to Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen.^[2]