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SEK operators raid a hijacked ship during a public exhibition. In 1974, the first SEK unit was raised in police forces of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. [3]After West and East Germany were unified in 1990, some ex-officers of the Diensteinheit IX (DIX) in the Volkspolizei were merged into the SEKs after thorough political evaluation procedures, such as with SEK units in Mecklenburg ...
A Eurocopter EC-135 police helicopter of the Bavarian State Police. The Bavarian State Police (German: Bayerische Staatliche Polizei) is the state police force of the German state of Bavaria under the umbrella of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior. It has approximately 33,500 armed officers and roughly 8,500 other civilian employees.
PSA officers participating in the exercise Black Griffin 2018. Polizeiliche Schutzaufgaben Ausland der Bundespolizei (PSA BPOL) ("Police Protection Tasks Abroad of the Federal Police", formerly known as ASSIK for Arbeitsstab Schutzaufgaben in Krisengebieten) is a specialized unit of the German Federal Police tasked with providing personal security for German diplomatic missions in conflict ...
The Directorate 11 was established on August 1, 2017 in order to improve the coordination among all specialised units of the Federal Police. This encompasses all units who are tasked with dealing with terrorist threats, organised crime and complex large scale attacks. [3] [4] GSG9; Federal Police Air Service; PSA BPOL; Special Protection Tasks ...
The unit is part of the German Bundespolizei (Federal Police, formerly Bundesgrenzschutz) and thus has normal police powers, including the power of arrest. The Federal Police of Germany, and therefore GSG 9, is under the control of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Bundespolizei also provides aerial transportation for GSG 9.
Dienst Speciale Interventies (Special Intervention Service) – Collection of joint, on-call or part-time basis SWAT teams recruiting from police, military police and army (but falling under civilian police command). The Service consists of four Units:
Department of Homeland Security. Secret Service [43] Federal Air Marshal Service [44] Federal Protective Service [45] Coast Guard Investigative Service [46] Department of State. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) [47] Department of Justice. Marshals Service [48] FBI Police [49] Department of Defense. Air Force Office of Special Investigations
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.