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Foreign police officer sorted out danger ahead of me (8)

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I believe the answer is:

gendarme

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'foreign police officer' is the definition.
'gendarme' can be an answer for 'officer' (gendarme is a kind of officer). I am not certain of the 'foreign police' bit.

'sorted out danger ahead of me' is the wordplay.
'sorted out' is an anagram indicator.
'ahead of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go in front of others).
'danger' is an anagram of 'gendar'.
'gendar'+'me'='GENDARME'

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(Other definitions for gendarme that I've seen before include "alpine pinnacle" , "Law enforcer" , "French copper" , "policeman in Paris?" , "Member of the French police" .)

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