Polizei is the German word for police.

Police in Germany The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest a ...

, 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 Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag ( en, Police at the German Bundestag), also known as Parlamentspolizei or Bundestagspolizei, is a separate police force for the premises of the Bundestag (the German parliament's lower house) in Berlin. The police ...

, the German Parliament Police

State agencies

Landespolizei ''Landespolizei'' (; ) is a term used to refer to the state police of any of the states of Germany. History The ''Landespolizei'' of today can trace its origins to the late 19th century, when Germany united into a single country in 18 ...

, 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) *Free City of Danzig Police, 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 force of National Socialist (Nazi) Germany **4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division, 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 *Prussian Secret Police, Preußische Geheimpolizei, the Prussian Secret Police {{disambiguation