Portal:Hamburg/Selected article/Week 4, 2009

The Hamburg Police (Hamburger Polizei or Polizei Hamburg) is the German Landespolizei force for the city-state of Hamburg. Law enforcement in Germany is divided between federal and state (Land) agencies. A precursor to the agency, the Polizey-Behörde, has existed since 1814.

The State Minister for the Interior (Senator für Inneres) oversees the Hamburg Police, which consists of aviation, water, road and port patrols, and crime investigation. The city of Hamburg is served by police stations (Polizeikommissariate) of the Uniformed Police (Schutzpolizei). Head of police is Polizeipräsident Werner Jantosch. In 2008 Hamburg Police had 500,335 deployments.