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The Vatican's gendarme corps .2019
Domenico Giani Inspector General of the Gendarmerie Corps, the police and security force of the Vatican City, and the chief bodyguard of Pope Benedict XVI and of Pope Francis.The Vatican's gendarme corps of Vatican City State (Italian: Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano) is the gendarmerie, or police and security force, of Vatican City and the extraterritorial properties of the Holy See.
The 130-member corps is led by an Inspector General, currently Domenico Giani,The corps is responsible for security, public order, border control, traffic control, criminal investigation, and other general police duties in Vatican City.2019
