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
 * Kaiserliche Polizei (Imperial German Police), police forces of German Empire