Polizei
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Polizei is the German word for police. It might refer to:
[edit] National agencies
- Bundespolizei - Federal Police of Germany
- Bundespolizei - Federal Police of Austria
- Bundeskriminalamt - Federal Criminal Office of Germany, comparable to the FBI
- Bundeskriminalamt - Federal Investigation Bureau of Austria
- Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag
[edit] State agencies
- Landespolizei - State police of Germany
[edit] Police units
- Autobahnpolizei
- Bahnpolizei
- Bereitschaftspolizei - Police support group and riot police of Germany
- Landeskriminalamt
- Kriminalpolizei - Criminal Investigation Police in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; similar to the British Criminal Investigation Department
- Schutzpolizei
- Spezialeinsatzkommando
- Wasserschutzpolizei
[edit] Defunct agencies
- Volkspolizei - People's Police in the German Democratic Republic (DDR)
- Ordnungspolizei - Regular German police force that existed in Nazi Germany
- Sicherheitspolizei - Secret police in Germany until the outbreak of World War II
- Gestapo - Secret police of the Nazi regime
- Preussische Geheimpolizei - Prussian Secret Police
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