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

Federal Ministry of Finance

Federal Ministry of the Interior
  • Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Federal Criminal Office (comparable role to the Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  • Bundespolizei (BPOL): Federal Police
    • Bereitschaftspolizei (BePo): Riot Police Branch of Federal Police
      • BFE (Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit): Federal Evidence Securing and Arrests Unit
      • BFE+Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus: Federal Evidence Securing and Arrests Unit with elevated powers
    • 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
    • Polizeiliche Schutzaufgaben Ausland (PSA BPOL): Protection force for the security of German diplomatic missions

State Law Enforcement Agencies

The Structure of the State Law Enforcement Agencies
  • 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

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

See also

References
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