Polizei

The Polizei is Germany's national police force.

[edit] See also

Landespolizei - State police of Germany
Schutzpolizei - Commonly used for uniformed patrolling police in today's Germany
Kriminalpolizei- Criminal Investigation Police in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; similar to the British Criminal Investigation Department
Bereitschaftspolizei- Police support group and Riot police of today's Germany
Bundeskriminalamt - Federal Criminal Office in Germany and Austria, comparable to the FBI
Bundespolizei - Federal police in Germany and Switzerland
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