Polizei is the German word for police. Police in Germany, 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, the German Parliament Police

State agencies

  • Landespolizei, 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)
  • 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 forces of Nazi Germany
  • 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division, SS unit formed by Ordnungspolizei members
  • Hilfspolizei, various auxiliary organizations subordinated to the Ordnungspolizei as well as various military and paramilitary units set up during World War II in German-occupied Europe.
  • 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, the Prussian Secret Police