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List of law enforcement agencies in Germany

List of law enforcement agencies in Germany

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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. In order to uphold the independence of the legislative power from the executive, this police force is responsible, not to the Minister of the Interior, but to the President of the Bundestag.

Federal Ministry of Defence

Federal Ministry of Finance

Federal Ministry of the Interior

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): police tactical 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

List of the state police forces

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

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