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All state alert police forces and the federal alert police force maintain specialized units as well, the so-called Arrest Units (German: Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheiten, lit. "Units for arrests and securing evidence", abbreviated BFE).
The West German Railway Police (Bahnpolizei), formerly an independent force, and the East German Transportpolizei were restructured under the BGS in 1990. Bundesgrenzschutz officers in 1987 In July 2005, the BGS was renamed the Bundespolizei or BPOL (Federal Police) to reflect its transition to a multi-faceted federal police agency.
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.
Mounted State Police officers in Offenbach, Hesse SEK members of North Rhine-Westphalia during an exercise A helicopter of the Berlin Police over Berlin. Landespolizei (German for 'state police'; German pronunciation: [ˌlandəspoliˈt͡saɪ] ⓘ) is a term used to refer to the state police of any of the states of Germany. [1]
Kriminalpolizei (German pronunciation: [ˌkrɪmiˈnaːlpoliˌt͡saɪ̯] ⓘ, "criminal police") is the standard term for the criminal investigation agency within the police forces of Germany, Austria, and the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland. In Nazi Germany, the Kripo was the
The State Criminal Police Office, or Landeskriminalamt (German: [ˈlandəskʁimiˌnaːlʔamt] ⓘ (LKA) pronounced [ɛlkaːʔˈaː] ⓘ) in German, is an independent law enforcement agency in all 16 German states that is directly subordinate to the state's ministry of the interior.
The Bereitschaftspolizei (literally 'Readiness Police'/On-Call Police (Reserve); effectively riot police), abbreviated BePo, are the support and rapid reaction units of Germany's police forces. They are composed of detachments from the Federal Police and the State Police forces of Germany.
Kriminalpolizei, criminal Investigation Police in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; similar to the British Criminal Investigation Department; Schutzpolizei, a branch of the Landespolizei, the state (land) level police of the German states; Spezialeinsatzkommando, specialized operation armed response units of the sixteen German state police forces