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)
- Polizei der Freie Stadt Danzig - State constabulary of the Free City of Danzig, including the Siecherheitspolizei (1919-1921) and the Schutzpolizei (1921-1945).
- 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 (Geheime Staatspolizei) - Secret police of the Nazi regime
- Geheime Feldpolizei - Secret military police of Nazi Germany
- Preussische Geheimpolizei - Prussian Secret Police
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