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

[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