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The Federal Police ( Bundespolizei or BPOL) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the German Federal Government, being subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community ( Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat (BMI) ). The Federal Police is primarily responsible for border ...
Law enforcement in Germany. Sleeve and cap ensigns of the 16 state police forces and the former Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guard) Law enforcement in Germany is constitutionally vested solely with the states, which is one of the main features of the German political system. Policing has always been a responsibility of the German states ...
The Federal Criminal Police Office was established in 1951, and Wiesbaden, in the State of Hesse, was designated as its seat. The German police in general is – by definition of the German constitution – organized at the level of the states of the federation (e.g. North Rhine-Westphalia Police, Bavarian State Police, Berlin Police ).
Landespolizei: State Police. Autobahnpolizei: Highway Patrol of State Police. Bayerische Grenzpolizei (GrePo): border police, exclusively of the state of Bavaria. Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of State Police. BFE (Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit): State Police Special Detention Unit.
GSG 9 der Bundespolizei, formerly Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (German for 'Border Guard Group 9'), is an elite special forces unit of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) to combat terrorism and violent crime, including organized crime.
The State Criminal Police Office, or Landeskriminalamt ( German: [ˈlandəskʁimiˌnaːlʔamt] ⓘ ( LKA) pronounced [ɛlkaːʔˈaː] ⓘ) in German, is an independent law enforcement agency in all 16 German states that is directly subordinate to the state's ministry of the interior.
Police helicopter over Berlin (2012). The Berlin Police ( German: Polizei Berlin; formerly Der Polizeipräsident in Berlin, lit. 'The Police President in Berlin') is the Landespolizei force for the city-state of Berlin, Germany. Law enforcement in Germany is divided between federal and state ( Land) agencies. The Berlin Police is headed by the ...
The Federal Police (Bundespolizei or BPOL), subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt) The German Parliament Police (Bundestagspolizei) The German Federal Coast Guard (Küstenwache des Bundes) The German Customs Investigation Bureau (Zollkriminalamt, ZKA)