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Text phone – 0800 81 12; Non-emergency police – 0900 88 44 [a] or 0343 578 844; [87] Non-emergency police (text phone) – 0900 18 44; Suicide prevention – 0800-0113; Animal emergency – 144; Child abuse – 0900 123 12 30; [a] Anti-bullying hotline – 0800 90 50. North Macedonia: 192 or 112 [b] 194 or 112 [b] 193 or 112 [b]
110 – Police; 112 – Fire brigade, ambulance, rescue services (also the universal emergency number in the EU) 115 – Civil services (Bürgertelefon); requests are either answered directly or forwarded to the competent authority in the caller's region. The caller can access local government services and book appointments at government offices.
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
A number of incidents in the late 1990s ranging from police brutality at the Oktoberfest to the fatal shooting of a bystander and drug trading within the police caused debate in parliament. The minister of the interior announced reform. In January 2013 a photograph of a 23-year-old woman badly beaten by police officers while tied made the press.
Before the police reform in the mid-1970s, Germany had many city police forces and each had its own police car livery. Dark blue, dark green and white were popular colours. However, the dark colours were perceived as a disadvantage as many accidents occurred at night during high-speed chases.
The European emergency number for the fire brigade and emergency medical services, also in Germany, is 112. This number can be called toll-free from any phone (fixed-line, mobile or phone booth). The German police is available toll-free at 110 (or alternatively via the 112 operator).
It was the first letter that was signed "NSU 2.0". According to current findings, the lawyer's non-public address was retrieved from a computer at Frankfurt Police Station 1 of the Hesse Police Department and the fax was sent from there. [2] None of the suspected police officers were convicted or disciplined. [3]
The Police University in Villingen-Schwenningen trains the police officers of the state of Baden-Württemberg for the higher-level police service. It has a capacity of around 1,300 study places and employs 58 lecturers. The Police University was founded in 1979 and was initially housed in the former Maria Tann monastery.