List of law enforcement agencies in Germany
Law enforcement in Germany is conducted by federal, state and municipal law enforcement agencies.
Federal
- Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Federal Criminal Office
- MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando): Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
- Bundespolizei (BPOL): Federal Police
- Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of Federal Police
- Bundespolizei-Fliegerstaffel: Federal Police Air Group
- GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9 der Bundespolizei): Federal Police Special Forces Group
- MFE (Mobile Fahndungseinheit): Special Unit for Covered (Individual and Technical) Surveillance
- Bundeszollverwaltung: Federal Customs Service
- Zollkriminalamt (ZKA): Customs Investigation Bureau
- Feldjägertruppe: Military Police of the Federal Defense Force
- Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag (Polizei DBT): Federal Parliament Police, responsible for the protection of the premises of the Bundestag in Berlin. For reason of the independence of the legislative power from the executive, there exists a separate body who answers not to the Minister of the Interior, but to the President of the Bundestag
State
The Police Structure of the States
- Landespolizei: State Police
- Schutzpolizei (SchuPo): Uniformed Branch of State Police
- Landeskriminalamt (LKA): State Criminal Office
- MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando): Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
- Kriminalpolizei (KriPo): Detective Branch of State Police
- Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of State Police
- BFE (Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit): State Police Special Detention Unit
- SEK (Spezialeinsatzkommando): SWAT unit of State Police
- Autobahnpolizei: Highway Patrol of State Police
- Wasserschutzpolizei (WSP): River Branch of State Police
- Wachpolizei (WaPol): Branch of State Police for the security of state government buildings or diplomatic facilities, only in the states of Berlin and Hesse
- Justiz: Penitentiary Police
Auxiliary State Police Forces
- Freiwilliger Polizeidienst (Voluntary Police Service): auxiliary police force in the states of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse
- Sicherheitspartner (Security Partner): auxiliary police force in the state of Brandenburg
- Sicherheitswacht (Security Watch): auxiliary police force in the states of Bavaria and Saxony
State Police Forces
- Baden-Württemberg Police
- Bavarian State Police
- Berlin Police
- Brandenburg Police
- Bremen Police
- Hamburg Police
- Hesse State Police
- Lower Saxony Police
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Police
- North Rhine-Westphalia Police
- Rheinland-Pfalz State Police
- Saarland Police
- Saxony Police
- Saxony-Anhalt Police
- Schleswig-Holstein Police
- Thuringia Police
Municipalities
- Kommunaler Ordnungsdienst (KOD): Municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
- Kommunalpolizei or Stadtpolizei: Municipal police in cities of the state of Hesse
- Gemeindevollzugsdienst (GVD): Municipal police in the state of Baden-Württemberg
- Ordnungsamt (OA): Municipal police or municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
- Polizeibehörde: municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
See also
- Auxiliary Police
- Bundespolizei: Federal police force
- Freiwillige Polizei-Reserve, defunct auxiliary police service
- Freiwilliger Helfer der Grenztruppen: defunct auxiliary service in East Germany
- Freiwilliger Helfer der Volkspolizei: defunct auxiliary police force in East Germany
- Bayerische Grenzpolizei (GrePo): defunct border police of the state of Bavaria
- Grenztruppen: defunct East German Border Troops
- Landespolizei: German state police forces
- Law enforcement in Germany
- List of law enforcement agencies
- Stadtpolizei: German municipal police forces
- Volkspolizei - defunct East German Police
References
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