List of law enforcement agencies in Germany
Law enforcement in Germany is conducted by federal, state and municipal law enforcement agencies.
Federal law enforcement agencies[]
Federal Parliament (Bundestag)[]
- 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 doesn't report to the Minister of the Interior, but to the President of the Bundestag
Federal Ministry of Defence[]
- Feldjägertruppe: Military Police of the Federal Defense Force
Federal Ministry of Finance[]
- Bundeszollverwaltung: Federal Customs Service
Federal Ministry of the Interior[]
- Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Federal Criminal Office (comparable role to the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- Missions Abroad and Special Operations unit (BKA ASE): Close protection detail in hazardous areas
- Bundespolizei (BPOL): Federal Police
- Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of Federal Police
- Federal Police Directorate 11 (Bundespolizeidirektion 11): Joint command of BPOL units with special tasks
- Bundespolizei-Fliegerstaffel: Federal Police Air Group
- GSG 9 (GSG 9 der Bundespolizei): Federal Police Special Forces Group
- MFE (Mobile Fahndungseinheit): Special Unit for Covered (Individual and Technical) Surveillance
- Polizeiliche Schutzaufgaben Ausland (PSA BPOL): Protection force for the security of German diplomatic missions
State law enforcement agencies[]
Structure[]
- 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
- Kriminalpolizei (KriPo): Detective Branch of State Police
- MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando): Special Unit for Surveillance and Detention
- Schutzpolizei (SchuPo): Uniformed Branch of State Police
- SEK (Spezialeinsatzkommando): SWAT unit 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
- Wasserschutzpolizei (WSP): River Branch of State Police
- Landeskriminalamt (LKA): ("State Criminal Office") State Bureau of Investigation, in some states subordinate to the state's police force
- MEK (Mobiles Einsatzkommando): most LKAs employ an MEK of their own, operating independently of the regular police MEK
- Justiz: Corrections Service
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
List of the state police forces[]
- Baden-Württemberg Police
- Bavarian State Police
- Berlin Police
- Brandenburg Police
- Bremen Police
- Hamburg Police
- Hesse State Police
- North Rhine-Westphalia Police
- Rhineland-Palatinate Police
- Saarland Police
- Schleswig-Holstein Police
Municipal law enforcement agencies[]
Municipal order enforcement agencies[]
- Kommunaler Ordnungsdienst (KOD): Municipal law enforcement, different regulations by state and local laws
- Ordnungsamt (OA): "municipal order agency", most common denomination
- Städtischer Ordnungsdienst: "Municipal Enforcement Service"
Municipal police forces[]
- Polizeibehörde: local "Police Authority" in several states
- Gemeindevollzugsdienst (GVD): "Municipal Code Enforcement Service" in the state of Baden-Württemberg
- Kommunalpolizei or Stadtpolizei: "Community Police" or "City Police" in cities of the state of Hesse
See also[]
- Auxiliary Police
- 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
- Grenztruppen: defunct East German Border Troops
- Law enforcement in Germany
- List of law enforcement agencies
- Municipal police
- Volkspolizei - defunct East German Police
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