Polizei

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Polizei is the German word for police. It might refer to:

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

State agencies

• Landespolizei - State police of Germany

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

Defunct agencies

• Volkspolizei - People's Police in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
• Ordnungspolizei - Regular police force of Nazi Germany
  • 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division, SS unit formed by Ordnungspolizei members
• Sicherheitspolizei - Secret police in Germany until the outbreak of World War II
• Gestapo - Secret police of the Nazi regime
• Geheime Feldpolizei - Secret military police of Nazi Germany
• Preussische Geheimpolizei - Prussian Secret Police