State police

The term generally refers to state police, the police of a state. In German-speaking countries a higher-level police unit is connected with this term usually.

Germany

In Germany, the Länder are responsible for general police duties, but there is the Federal Police (partly as a protection police)., And the Federal Criminal Police Office, which determined at the federal level for offenses and crimes

USA

In the United States is referred to as state police, the police of any state. The tasks are usually in the traffic monitoring of higher-order streets and in the support of local police units. In some states the state police or " State Police " is also referred to as " State Trooper ", ie as " cavalry State " or "State troops ". Usually they wear military ranks, where various ranks are omitted. Because of their primary task to monitor the highways, it is still known in many states Highway Patrol.

For all violations of federal laws and for crimes in the course of which state borders within the United States are exceeded, the FBI is responsible for certain other offenses other federal police agencies of the United States.

Austria

The Austrian State Police Service ( Gestapo ) was the forerunner of the Federal Agency for State Protection and Counter Terrorism to 2002, the domestic intelligence service of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In the general public, the name " Gestapo " is still widespread.

Italy

The Italian Polizia di Stato is in addition to the militarized Carabinieri one of the two Italian national police forces with general police duties. In contrast to the very active also in the countryside Carabinieri, the Italian State Police operates almost exclusively in urban areas. There are exceptions, for example, at the border or at the traffic police.

Netherlands

From 1945 to 1993, the State Police ( " State Police " / " Rijkspolitie " ) was lower part of the Dutch police, led by the Ministry of Justice. Moreover, even the city or municipal police was headed by the mayor. Since 1993, the Dutch police organization is structurally altered. There are 25 regional police forces and a national police organization ( " Corps landelijke Politiediensten " ( KLPD ) ). The KLPD is a national independent organization working with supporting and coordinating function for the Dutch police with thirteen main activities. In addition, the so-called KLPD abroad " liaison - officers" who are responsible for combating terrorism in cooperation with the Dutch secret service ( AIVD ). In the European Union ( EU) new institutions and laws have been created such as " Europol ", "European arrest warrant " and " Euro Just". In this context, the Dutch police is working with European countries.

→ Please refer to the article: Police (The Netherlands )

Norway

In the history of Norway twice, under completely different circumstances, there was a " Statspolitiet " ( State Police ).

Statspolitiet 1933-1936

The first Statspolitiet, set up following a decision of the Storting on 11 June 1933 was a mobile riot police who reported directly to the Ministry of Justice. At this time the rest of the police was still under municipal responsibility. These State Police was disbanded in its then form or transferred to the state police, as with the new " Politiloven " ( = Police Act ) of 13 March 1936, the change was approved at a general government policing.

Statspolitiet 1941-1945

The second Statspolitiet was established on June 1, 1941, during the German occupation of Norway dominated by the Norwegian fascist party Nasjonal Samling puppet government. The initiative came from its later manager Karl Marthinsen and it was a well-armed central state police on the German model. First and foremost, this police force should care about "political crimes ", refugees, espionage, armed resistance and any other form of resistance against the German occupying power or the Norwegian Nazi authorities. These State Police had their headquarters in Oslo and this center were under six regional divisions, with headquarters in Aker in Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø and Kirkenes. The Statspolitiet reported directly to the head of the " sikkerhetspolitiet " in the set up by Josef Terboven Acting Police Department (see Josef Terboven Acting Ministers), but they also could get directly from the German security police their orders. Shortly after its establishment had the Statspolitiet a thickness of about 150 men, which was extended to 1944 on 350 people ( including 10 women). Up to four individuals, all members of this police force were members of the Nasjonal Samling.

The Statspolitiet worked completely independently of the normal police. She played a central role among others in the deportation of Jews from Norway.