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Patrol cars used by the Northrhine-Westphalian Police A senior police officer of the Hamburg Police. The German states are responsible for managing the bulk of Germany's police forces. [4] Each state has its own police force known as the State Police (German: Landespolizei).
As Germany's most senior policeman, Himmler had two goals; first the official goal of centralization and Gleichschaltung: reforming the German police forces after Nazi Party ideals; secondly, the unofficial goal of making the German police an adjunct of the SS, thereby increasing his power base and improving his standing among Hitler's vassals. [4]
The Ordnungspolizei (Orpo, German: [ˈɔʁdnʊŋspoliˌtsaɪ], meaning "Order Police") were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. [2] The Orpo was absorbed into the Nazi monopoly on power after regional police jurisdiction was removed in favour of the central Nazi government (" Reich -ification", Verreichlichung , of the ...
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]
German police officers killed in the line of duty (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "German police officers" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total.
Elisabeth Kopp's oath of office after her election to the Swiss Federal Council in 1984. The Schwurhand (German pronunciation: [ˈʃvuːɐ̯hant], "swear-hand"; Dutch: spreekgebaar) is a heraldic charge depicting the hand gesture that is used in Germanic Europe and neighbouring countries, when swearing an oath in court, in office, or in swearing-in.
BERLIN (Reuters) -German police practices foster systemic discrimination, with officers routinely engaging in racial profiling and relying on ethnic stereotypes, according to a study published on ...
The State Police Commissioner’s post became a “political” appointment and one to which police officers can be appointed (unlike in the other states). For the state and regional police commissioners and their respective deputies, Hessen has a policy of “duality” meaning that if the top official is a police officer, the deputy will be a ...