Polizei

Polizei is the German word for police. Police in Germany, Austria and Switzerland consist of different agencies. It might refer to:

National agencies

• Bundespolizei (Germany), Federal Police of Germany
• Bundespolizei (Austria), Federal Police of Austria
• Bundeskriminalamt (Germany), Federal Criminal Office of Germany, comparable to the FBI
• Bundeskriminalamt (Austria), Federal Investigation Bureau of Austria
• Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag, the German Parliament Police

State agencies

• Landespolizei, state police of Germany
• Landeskriminalamt, an independent agency in most German states that is subordinate to the state ministry of the interior

Police units

• Autobahnpolizei, highway police
• Bahnpolizei, railway police
• Bereitschaftspolizei, police support group and riot police 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
• Wasserschutzpolizei, water police that patrols the waterways, lakes and harbours of Germany

Defunct agencies

• Volkspolizei, the People's Police in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
• Transportpolizei, the transit police in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
• Polizei der Freien Stadt Danzig, state constabulary of the Free City of Danzig, including the Sicherheitspolizei (1919-1921) and the Schutzpolizei (1921-1945)
• Ordnungspolizei, regular Police forces of Nazi Germany
  • 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division, SS unit formed by Ordnungspolizei members
  • Hilfspolizei, various auxiliary organizations subordinated to the Ordnungspolizei as well as various military and paramilitary units set up during World War II in German-occupied Europe.
• Sicherheitspolizei, secret police in Germany until the outbreak of World War II
• Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei), secret police of the Nazi regime
• Geheime Feldpolizei, secret military police of Nazi Germany
• Preußische Geheimpolizei, the Prussian Secret Police