Federal Police (Germany)

The Federal Police ( BPOL ) is a police of the Federation in the Federal Republic of Germany and is part of the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the B also performs the legal supervision and technical supervision of the authorities of the Federal Police about his department. The security system of the federation, the federal police perceives extensive and diverse special police tasks that are on the federal police, but also in numerous other laws, such as the Residence Act, the Asylum Procedure Act and the Aviation Security Act, regulated by the Act. She wore until 30 June 2005, the name " Federal ". The name was derived from the previously exclusive and 1970 years since the main task of protecting the country's borders (in accordance with Article 73 paragraph 1 No. 5 of the Basic Law ). The Federal Police is reachable in Germany using the emergency number 0800 6.888 million.

5.1 Training for the middle Polizeivollzugsdienst
5.2 Study for the upscale Polizeivollzugsdienst
5.3 Federal Police Academy
5.4 FH Bund Department BPOL
5.5 Training and Training Centre of the Federal Police

7.1 Uniform
7.2 armament
7.3 Vehicles
7.4 helicopter
7.5 Ships and boats
7.6 Service Animals

Prehistory

1952 joined Gustav Heinemann (later President ) because of the plans for rearmament of Germany from the CDU and founded by Helene Wessel, Margaret Schneider, Erhard Eppler, Robert Scholl, Diether Posser and other first the Emergency Association for the peace of Europe, from which then the total German people's Party GVP was born.

It held some positions of the first party program of the CDU, the Ahlen program further and sought a waiver of the Federal Republic to a defending army and strict neutrality between NATO and the Soviet bloc in order to keep the chance to reunite open and to the tradition of German militarism finish. Heinemann said yes instead the establishment of a federal police force of the same strength as the People's Police then built the GDR. This was when the term federal police state ( similar to the existing federal police to 2005 in Austria ) for paramilitary organizations.

History

The Federal Police was established on 1 July 2005 renaming of the company founded on March 16, 1951 Federal Border Police.

She was the last step in a long-term development starting in 1972. Federal law in the relevant year the BGS has been referred to as one of the Federal Police. As part of the Schengen Agreement and the German reunification in 1990, the range of applications BGS changed fundamentally, border police duties fell sharply, ground police and airport security tasks were added.

In 1994, the codified Federal law in force lost to the members of the BGS and the combatant status.

1998 there was a judicial review in terms of whether the BGS allowed to take over the tasks of the railway police and security of airports in 1990, which was ultimately confirmed. In its decision, the judge used to describe the tasks of the BGS, the terms special police, police with limited tasks, and finally the federal police. Important in this decision is also called the police letter of the Western Allied military governors of 14 April 1949 in which the occupying powers, the federal government allowed the establishment of certain federal law enforcement agencies. The judgment was also made clear that the acquisition of specific police tasks did not infringe Article 30 of the Basic Law ( " The exercise of governmental powers and the discharge of governmental functions is a matter of countries, insofar as this Basic Law does not provide or permit " ) is contrary.

2005 targeted the Red-Green coalition under Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Minister of the Interior Otto Schily to the final renaming. This led to intense political debate especially between the countries and the federal government. Occasion factor was the one concern of the countries that the federal government trying to take over national policing skills about this denied, on the other hand certainly also a different interpretation of the concept of police. Even within the police was intensively discussed.

Ultimately, the Bundestag agreed by a majority of the application of the Federal Government and the Federal Border was renamed on 1 July 2005 in the Federal Police. A task extension was not associated with, it was only in all the laws in which the word occurred Federal, has been replaced by federal police. The Federal Council has decided not to appeal to the Conciliation Committee.

The set up in early 2010 by German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière Commission for evaluating the security authorities of the Federal ( Federal Police, Federal and Federal Customs Administration), under the leadership of former President of the Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution Eckart Werthebach, announced in early December 2010 in its report recommended that federal police and Federal pooled to form the Federal police under the name Federal Police ( new). The Federal Customs Administration should be left out. De Maizière described the Commission's proposal as convincing, worth considering and worth pursuing. BKA President Jörg Zierke and the ministers of internal affairs were with this project, however, did not agree. A merger until 2013 was planned. However decided Interior Minister Hans -Peter Friedrich, who was appointed on 3 March 2011 to the Minister of the Interior, that it would not be a merger of the Federal Police ( BPOL ) and the Federal Criminal Police (BKA ). Only better cooperation in telecommunications and education is being considered.

On 30 July 2012, the former President of the Federal Police Headquarters, Matthias Seeger, by Federal Interior Minister Hans -Peter Friedrich was moved into temporary retirement. Likewise, his two deputies were dismissed from their posts.

Order

The duties and powers of the federal police are regulated by the Federal Police Act ( BPolG ). Legal basis is the by Article 1 of the Law on renaming the Federal renamed on 1 July 2005 in the Federal Police Federal law.

The Federal Police working in the prevention and repression, as well as part of the implementation guide for the benefit of other authorities.

The responsibilities of the federal police are limited to specific tasks under the federalism and the police jurisdiction of the states. Among the limited tasks of the Federal Police include:

Secure own institutions, authorities and organizations
Prevention of crime in the remit of the federal police and law enforcement and tracking of offenses
Protection of private rights, if judicial protection is not ensured
Of border protection of the federal territory: policing the boundaries on land, on water and in the air; police control of cross -border traffic, including the verification of travel documents and the authorization to cross the border and border search; the prevention of threats that affect the security of the borders, in the border area to a depth of 30 km and from the seaward limit of up to a depth of 50 km
Tasks of the railway police
Protection against attacks on the safety of air traffic
Security measures on board aircraft
Protection of the Constitution of the Federal Government and federal ministries
Tasks at sea
Police tasks in emergencies and defense case
Part in police missions abroad under the responsibility of the United Nations (UN ), the European Union ( EU) and other international organizations
Support of law enforcement service to the police at the German Bundestag
Support of the Foreign Office to protect German diplomatic and consular representations abroad ( home safety and property protection services - HOD )
Support of the Federal Criminal Police (BKA ) in the protection and escort service (personal protection)
Support of the Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution in the field of wireless technology
Support of Deutsche Lufthansa in the protection of foreign stations
Support of the police forces of the Länder, especially in large-scale operations
Assistance in case of disasters and accidents, including special air ambulance service
Tracking of criminal and administrative offenses in the task reference

This list is final.

Thus, the Federal Police, for example, in the sense the right of assembly no police, so they may not perceive local tasks ( see Article 20 § 3 of the Basic Law), except in exigent circumstances.

An important field of activity of the federal police, the fight against organized crime or locally active especially in smuggling beings ( violations gg § 96, § 97 Residence Act) by the so-called federal police inspections Crime ( BPOLI KB). These departments are divided into a leadership group, a discovery service and an operational component for the most part covert operative measures, such as observations (in particular f according to § 163 Code of Criminal Procedure ) or covert technical surveillance (in particular pursuant to § § 100c and 100f Code of Criminal Procedure ).

This operative part is called Mobile Intelligence Unit (MFE ) and is little known to the public. Of the nine different MFEen that exist nationwide, operate most very individual. Some resemble the mobile task commands ( MEK), the police forces of the country and are also responsible for arrests principle itself, others work only in very exceptional case open and leave the actual arrests uniformed police officers (for example, the above-mentioned proof backup and detention units ) to their camouflage not to compromise on publicly visible inserts. However, the basic operations of the MFEen are uniformly regulated in an appropriate context statement.

Another field of activity are measures in connection with football matches. This can be seen as part of the ground- police task ( Railway Safety ). After the reform of the League DFB was the beginning of the season 2008/2009 3rd Football League admitted as nationwide league and the game operation of the regional leagues has been extended to one on now three seasons. To curb the violence at sporting events (especially football events ), the Federal Police developed a strategy that is in place since the game 2009/2010 season. It is based on the "Framework directive to police tackle position at football travel ", which is valid at the federal police since September 2008.

Organization

Federal police headquarters

The Federal Police Bureau is a federal authority with headquarters in Potsdam, which is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior immediately. It exercises the administrative and technical supervision over the remaining Federal Police and is responsible for the police and strategic management. It is headed by the President of the Federal Police Headquarters and his two Vice-Presidents.

His organigrafische structure currently looks like this:

Executive Staff

Division 1 - Location and evaluation

Division 2 - Security

Division 3 - Fight against Crime

Division 4 - International Affairs, European cooperation

Division 5 - Information and Communication Technology Center ( IKTZ )

Division 6 - Police technology, material management

Division 7 - Legal, Human Resources

Division 8 - Household, Organization, Medical and Technical Security Services

There are also organizationally affiliated special units such as the GSG 9 and the Federal Police Aviation Group - Flight Service of the Federal Police and the Federal Police Orchestra.

The former Federal Police - Central Agency for Information and Communication ( BPOLZSIUK ) has been organizationally embedded in the form of two lectures in the Department 5 of the Federal Police Headquarters. One of the units continues to support the determination leading departments of the federal police and other security agencies of the federal and state governments with ICT Special equipment and forensic investigations. The other Unit operates radio engineering education in the context of federal police powers and supports acc. § 10 BPolG the Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution in the field of wireless technology.

Federal Police Academy

The Federal Police College ( BPOLAK ) in Lübeck is the central training and education center of the middle, higher and senior law enforcement services in the Federal Police, as well as for further specialist training. It is considered the cradle of the federal police, because after the founding of the then Federal Border on March 16, 1951, the first officer moved into the property as so-called frame personnel. In addition to the main site Lübeck- St. - Hubertus ( Real Dr. Robert Lehr) are other areas of the Federal Police Academy in the property Falkenfeld ( Schwartau highway ).

The Federal Police Academy are the five basic and advanced training centers ( BPOLAFZ ) Neustrelitz, Walsrode, Oerlenbach, Swisttal and Eschwege, and the service dog schools in Neuendettelsau and Bleckede, the Federal Police Sports Sciences Bad Endorf and the Federal Police Sports School Kienbaum ( to September 2011 based in Cottbus ) downstream.

Federal Police Directorates

The nine the federal police headquarters subordinate federal police ( BPOLD ) than lower authorities of their official offices in Berlin, Pirna, Munich, Böblingen, Frankfurt / Main airport, Koblenz, Sankt Augustin, Bad Bramstedt and Hanover, according to which they - with the exception of BPOLD Stuttgart ( service based in Böblingen ) - are also named.

The jurisdictional boundaries of the individual directorates are congruent with the borders of the countries in the rule and result from the Federal Police Jurisdiction Regulation ( BPolZV ). You are subordinate to the federal police stations ( BPOLI ) and this, in turn, the federal police stations ( BPOLR ). Each Federal Police Directorate is also affiliated with one mobile control and monitoring unit ( MCMON ).

In addition, the Directorate federal riot police is responsible for the remaining ten in Germany stationed federal police departments.

Berlin

The jurisdiction of the Federal Police Headquarters Berlin, based in Berlin covering the states of Berlin and Brandenburg.

Your are subordinate twelve federal police inspections, among other things, established in 2002, Federal Police Police special services, which also includes the cavalry division of the federal police.

Of particular importance is the Federal Police Department Berlin is because their purpose is to protect federal bodies such as the Federal President, the Federal Chancellery and the Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Justice and the Federal Ministry of the Interior.

Pirna

The jurisdiction of the Federal Police Department Pirna extends to the states of Saxony, Saxony -Anhalt and Thuringia. Your downstream are ten federal police stations, including one each in the states of Thuringia (Erfurt ) and Saxony- Anhalt ( Magdeburg ). Seven inspections are located in Saxony: Leipzig, Klingenthal, Chemnitz, Altenberg, Dresden, Ebersbach and Ludwig village ( near Görlitz ). The headquarters of the Federal Police Crime fight is located in Halle ( Saale), the field office in Dresden. The border police remit extends to 139 km border length 453 km border with Poland and the Czech Republic as well as length on the steady state border control at airports and airfields. At the airports Erfurt, Leipzig / Halle and Dresden also aviation security tasks are performed.

Your web police remit extends to 7,867 kilometers of railway and 1,365 stations and stops of Deutsche Bahn AG.

Furthermore the BPOLD Pirna six MCMON - use features, the Directorate in the area on the locations Leipzig ( 2 trains ), Chemnitz ( 2 trains ), Dresden and Lobau are distributed. These are mainly to deal with police Großlagen (football and demonstration inserts) used, but also to support the individual departments.

Munich

The jurisdiction of the Federal Police Headquarters Munich, headquartered in Munich extends to the state of Bavaria.

In the jurisdiction of the Federal Police headquarters Munich there are ten inspections a total of 21 subordinate districts. Three inspections are located in the state capital: the Federal Police, based at Munich main train station, the airport and the Federal Police Federal Police fighting crime. The other inspection offices in Nuremberg and Würzburg as well as along the Czech-German and German -Austrian border Selb (current official residence Schirnding ) Waidhaus, Waldmuenchen, Freyung and Rosenheim.

The Munich Directorate is responsible for policing cross- border approximately 360 km length to the Czech Republic and 815 kilometers border with Austria. The railway police responsibility of the federal police headquarters in Munich extends to over 1,100 stations and stops and over 6,200 kilometers of railway in Bavaria. With take care of train kilometers, including the high-speed line Nuremberg -Ingolstadt more than 1,820, the Federal Police Nuremberg, which also includes the federal police stations in Augsburg, Ansbach and Ingolstadt, the Federal Police with the area, the largest railway police jurisdiction in Bavaria. The Federal Police Rosenheim is cross-border and railway police jurisdiction with the federal police stations in Freilassing, Weilheim, Kempten and Lindau from Berchtesgaden to the Lake Constance region.

Stuttgart

The jurisdiction of the Federal Police Department Stuttgart based in Böblingen ( in the former barracks Wildermuth ) shall extend to the State of Baden -Wuerttemberg. In addition to the federal police inspections Stuttgart, Konstanz, Weil am Rhein, Offenburg and Karlsruhe include the Federal Police Stuttgart Airport and a Federal Police fighting crime with headquarters in Böblingen to the federal police headquarters in Stuttgart. These services are supported by a " mobile control and monitoring unit ( MCMON ) ". This unit is also out of Böblingen and consists of four MCMON trains based in Stuttgart, Konstanz, Freiburg and Kehl. While the federal police stations Konstanz, Weil am Rhein and Offenburg perceive predominantly border police duties in the "30- km - range " behind the Swiss-German and German - French border, the federal police inspections Stuttgart and Karlsruhe are predominantly ground- police operate. The Federal Police Karlsruhe also ensures the protection of the Federal Constitutional Court. With the National Police of Baden- Württemberg and the Federal Customs Administration, the Federal Police Department in Stuttgart in a " security cooperation Baden- Württemberg ( SiKo ) " is connected. Other important partners are the " Swiss Border Guard (GWK ) ", the " Canton police " bordering on the Federal Republic of Swiss cantons, the "Police aux Frontières (PAF ) ", the " Gendarmerie Nationale ( GN) " and the " German Bahn AG ", is connected with the Federal Police in an "order partnership (OPA ) ".

Frankfurt / Main Airport

The jurisdiction of the Federal police headquarters Frankfurt / Main Airport extends to the Frankfurt airport and you are currently subordinate to six inspections. Due to the continued expansion of the airport is also the number of inspections should continue to increase. Furthermore, the Federal Police Department Airport Frankfurt / Main in the whole of Germany is responsible for the performance of duties pursuant to § 4a BPolG ( air marshals ).

Koblenz

The jurisdiction of the Federal Police Department Koblenz extends to the states of Rhineland -Palatinate, Hesse and Saarland.

You are the task of fulfilling the federal police inspections Kassel ( districts Fulda and Gießen), Frankfurt am Main ( areas Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Limburg and Hanau ), Trier ( areas Koblenz, Frankfurt Hahn Airport and Prüm ), Kaiserslautern ( areas Mainz, Bad Kreuznach, Bienwald and Neustadt on the wine route ) and Bexbach ( areas Saarbrücken Golden - Bremm, Saarbrücken airport, Saarbrücken railway and Nennig ) downstream. In addition, there is a Federal Police fighting crime, based in Bexbach and a branch office in Frankfurt am Main, and a mobile control and monitoring unit, based in Koblenz and Bexbach.

Sankt Augustin

The jurisdiction of the Federal Police Department St. Augustine extends to the state of North Rhine -Westphalia.

In order to fulfill the statutory duties of her following departments are subordinate:

Nine federal police stations ( and areas ) located in Kleve ( Straelen ), Munster ( Bielefeld, Paderborn and Hamm ), Dortmund ( Hagen, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Recklinghausen and FH Dortmund ) Dusseldorf (Wuppertal, Mönchengladbach, Duisburg and Oberhausen ), Cologne (Bonn, Villa Hammerschmidt, Siegburg Siegen), Aachen ( Aachen North ), Airport Dusseldorf, Cologne / Bonn Airport
Crime ( headquartered in Cologne and branch office in Kleve )
A mobile control and monitoring unit based in Cologne and offices in Goch and Food

In addition, Sankt Augustin is also the seat of the anti-terrorist unit GSG 9 of the Federal Police ( BPOL GSG 9 or colloquially just GSG 9 ), formerly Border Guard Group 9

Bad Bramstedt

The jurisdiction of the Federal Police Headquarters Bad Bramstedt, headquartered in Bad Bramstedt extends to the states of Schleswig- Holstein, Mecklenburg- Vorpommern and at sea. It is divided into the federal police inspections Flensburg, Kiel, Rostock, Stralsund, Pasewalk, Crime Prevention / Rostock, Lake / Town, Lake / Warnemünde and lake / Cuxhaven. Outsourced is the Federal Police Directorate lake, located in Neustadt ( Holstein). Includes the Maritime education and training center is located at this location ( MaST ).

Since 1 January 2007, the Federal Police is represented by the Federal Police headquarters in Bad Bramstedt Joint Situation Centre See ( GLZ Lake) of the Maritime Security Centre ( MSCs ) in Cuxhaven.

It takes six ships in the Baltic and North Seas, the police functions in and outside the territorial sea as well as on the high seas true, is responsible for the protection of German territory on the sea borders and provides in conjunction with other authorities, such as customs, state Police, the Coast Guard of the Federal dar.

As an organizational measure for the effective participation of the federal police in peacekeeping operations in the context of missions of the United Nations or the European Union use a hundred were built.

In the sites, two marine vessels and eight crews are stationed to monitor the sea area around the clock. In addition, helicopters are used, which are stationed in the site Fuhlendorf.

Squadron Fuhlendorf

Since 1963 located in Fuhlendorf the Federal Police Squadron Fuhlendorf. Their primary job is to monitor the overseas territories in North and Baltic Sea. These include border police duties at sea ( the sea also provides an external border is ) and general - police tasks such as environmental protection, marine police and fisheries protection. Here, more than two thousand hours of flight time each year to be flown over the lake.

The squadron in Fuhlendorf is also involved in setting up " Central Command " and furthermore supports the SAR service. Other tasks are developed in cooperation with the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders ( FRONTEX). Under the name " seahorse - flier" the helicopters are being used outside of German airspace in joint operations, several EU countries. The coordinated by FRONTEX then, and the stakes are the fight against illegal migration into the territory of the European Union by sea.

In other cases, strips are flown over the continent to come from non-ferrous metal thieves in the car to the track, as well as strips flights over sea, in order to identify pollution can and identify their causes.

The squadron in Fuhlendorf comprises 21 helicopters of various types, including helicopter of type EC 155 The identifier of the airfield is EDHX.

Hanover

The jurisdiction of the Federal Police Department Hanover extends to the states of Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg, with a total area of 48,800 km ² and a population of about 10.4 million people. The Federal Police Department in Hanover has a total of 2,400 employees.

Your are subordinated to the task of fulfilling the federal police inspections Hamburg Airport Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover, Hannover- Langenhagen, Bad Bentheim, and the federal police inspections fight against crime Hamburg and the mobile control and monitoring unit based in Hamburg and Hanover.

The railway police responsibility of the federal police headquarters in Hannover extends to more than 560 stations and stops as well as more than 4,900 kilometers of railway.

One of the statutory duties include the control of the seaports in Lower Saxony and Bremen as well as the Border Patrol in the Schengen internal border with the Netherlands.

Directorate federal riot police

The Directorate federal riot police with headquarters in Fulda valley is responsible for immediately downstream of the riot police associations of the Federation and the Federal police headquarters.

It leads and coordinates the federal police departments Ratzeburg, Uelzen, Blumberg, Bad Duben, Duderstadt, Sankt Augustin, Hünfeld, Bayreuth, Bad Bergzabern and Deggendorf.

Training

The Federal Police is made especially for the middle and upper Polizeivollzugsdienst, the direct training for the senior civil service is infrequent, and is available exclusively graduates of certain programs to, especially the field of law.

Training for the middle Polizeivollzugsdienst

The training for the MPVD is divided into two sections à twelve months and another six months the entire duration is so two and a half years. The first section is the basic training, in which the basis for the police profession is created. The second training stage builds on the basic skills, added 22 weeks internship at various police stations. These internships will be held in the four main task areas of the Federal Police. They are divided into each a four-week internship in the aviation security field and in two, six -week internship in an association and a railway police station and a five -week internship in relation to the border police duties of the Federal Police. The third part of the training is the career course, which ends with the career examination and the appointment as chief of police.

Study for the upscale Polizeivollzugsdienst

The modularly structured study in a dual system for the gPVD lasts three years. This is alternated between the exchange of theoretical skills in a technical college studies and multi-week internships in which all areas of the Federal Police to be covered. In the basic practical general police training is completed. In the basic studies, which is completed at the University of the Federal College in Brühl near Cologne, Basic knowledge in the areas of operation and economics, public finance (budgeting, budgeting, etc.), psychology ( organizational psychology ), the civil law and the State and taught constitutional law. The basic study concludes with an intermediate examination. While the main study a thesis to achieve the academic degree of a graduate management (FH ) or a diploma administrative host ( FH) must be written. The thesis has blocking effect, so it must be earn a minimum grade of " satisfactory". It is also mandatory subject of career examination. A voluntary waiver of the Diplomierung is opposite the career training in upscale service is not possible some state police (eg in Saxony). The course ends with a written and oral examination and career appointment as police commissioner. Basically it is possible to rise from the middle in the elevated service. Life Senior officials can about various special forms ascend to the elevated service.

Federal Police Academy

FH Bund Department BPOL

( Named after the second Federal Minister of the Interior, founded in whose term of office of the Federal Border ) On the grounds of the property Dr. Robert Lehr in Lübeck is located next to the Federal Police Academy ( BPOLAK ) and the Department of Federal Police of Fachhochschule of the Federation ( FH BUND FB BPOL ). Organizationally, the Department of Federal Police by the Federal Ministry of the Interior ( BMI) was incorporated into the Federal Police Academy, but not integrated. This emphasized the BMI the university legally necessary scientific and legal independence in parts and organization of the department. The teachers who work there are thus no members of the Federal Police Academy, but the Fachhochschule of the covenant. A personal union between the Department and the Federal Police Academy, there are only at the top, because the President of the Federal Police Academy is an ex officio Head of the Federal Police FH Bund. It is a place the study sections for the study in the upscale police completed (whose basic studies on the central region of the FH Bund in Brühl takes place). Secondly, the Department of Federal Police takes over the FH Bund, the study sections of the first year for the candidates of the higher service; further education and the main study sections are then passed to the German Police University in Münster- Hiltrup. Currently, the last courses run with the degree ( degree) as " Diploma in Public Administration ." In the future, Bachelor's and Master's programs are offered.

Training and continuing education center of the Federal Police

For the formation of the intermediate service and training are the training and continuing education centers ( ARC ) is responsible. The five AFZ are the Federal Police Academy Lübeck belonging and settled in Neustrelitz, Walsrode, Swisttal, Oerlenbach and Eschwege.

Official designations

Equipment

Uniform

End of 2005, a blue police uniform was introduced at the federal police. It replaced the previously moss green and beige uniforms from gradually. The change was gradual. By the end of 2012, all officers should be clothed with the new uniform. Until then, both uniforms were seen.

Arming

2010, the new standard handgun of the Federal Police P30 was introduced. It replaced the somewhat dated P6. In addition to the P30, the MP5 comes in various designs used.

Rolling stock

The Federal Police has 6,500 vehicles, including 5,500 emergency vehicles and 1,000 special vehicles and special vehicles and motorcycles. Be used as service vehicles mainly BMW brand vehicles, Ford, Mercedes -Benz and Volkswagen. Chance are also vehicles of other manufacturers such as Mitsubishi and Opel used. Strip vehicles BMW 5 Series Touring, VW T4/T5, VW Golf Variant / Passat and Mercedes Benz Vito. In addition, the use of hundreds Ford Transit and Mercedes- Benz Sprinter used as semigroup cars HGrKW.

In the course of color change changed the color of the patrol cars and emergency vehicles of green-silver or green-white to blue-silver or blue- white. The first blue - silver stripes cars were purchased in early 2005.

The vehicles of the federal police now carry almost all the new license plate "BP", which was awarded earlier to the German Federal Post Office. Since 30 April 2006, only the distinguishing sign "BP" is allocated for new registrations. Mid-July 2006 were also procured vehicles before new indicator. The conversion is now complete. Excluded from the conversion are vehicles that will soon be sorted out. You retain the distinctive features of "BG", which stands for " Federal ".

The plates are all constructed according to the system " BP XX- YYY " or " BG XX- YYY ". Where " YYY " an arbitrary one-to three -digit number. The two-digit number "XX " stands for the specific type of vehicle:

Emergency vehicle VW T5 (so-called motor 31 gl ) in new blue-white color

Segway of the Federal Police

Remote-control manipulator of the Federal Police

Helicopter

The Federal Police used various types of helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter. The six EC 120 as a training helicopter, the twin-engine EC 135 T2i as a liaison and reconnaissance missions as well as flight operation of the 16 civil defense helicopter of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the larger EC 155 B and the Greater helicopter AS 332 L1 Super Puma.

Eurocopter EC 135 in new blue color scheme

Eurocopter EC 155 B in old green paint scheme

Aérospatiale AS 332

Ships and boats

For the performance of tasks in the area of the territorial sea and the high seas fleet consists of six use vessels: Bredstedt, Neustrelitz, Bad Duben, Bad Bramstedt, Bayreuth and Eschwege. The manning consists of 14 officers each. For the coastal waters of the Baltic, the patrol boats Altmark, beading, Prignitz, Rhön 2, Uckermark and tractor Rettin used.

BP 23 Bad Duben

BP 24 Bad Bramstedt

Service Animals

The Federal Police has 491 protection and explosive detection dogs, which are at airports and train stations in use among others. In addition, 24 horses come in the cavalry division used.

Staff magazine

The Federal Police has the people magazine " Federal Police compact ", which is published six times a year and is also available online as a PDF. The journal is published in 2013 in the 40th year, the editorial office is located in Potsdam.

Criticism

The deportation of the Federal Police has been criticized by human rights and refugee groups such as Pro asylum for years. In the headlines in 1999 came the death of Aamir Ageeb, who died at a deportation aboard a Lufthansa aircraft.

In 2013, the Federal Police received the Big Brother Award for police checks, in which people are picked selectively from a crowd because of their physical characteristics (eg, skin color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, language ) to without reference to specific suspicious behavior or objective evidence to determine as suspicions with their personal information.

In the media, the federal police made headlines when it was revealed that she suburb in the operation of equipment for the Border Guard Training on behalf of EADS officials of the Saudi police.

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