Translated by MAX MANLIN

T H E STRUCTURE OF THE GERMAN POLICE

(As of Summer 1941)

DER REICHSMINISTER DES INNERN

REICH MINISTER O F THE INTERIOR
D e r Reichsfuhrer-SS und Chef d e r Deutschen Polizei

THE REICH LEADER O F THE SS AND CHIEF O F THE GERMAN POLICE

D e r Chef des
Hauptamtes

Haushalt und

Eauten

THE CHIEF OF

THE MAIN OFFICE

BUDGET, CONSTRUC TIONS

Der Chef d e r Ordnungspolizei

THE CHIEF O F THE REGULAR POLICE

D e r Chef d e r Sicherheitspolizei und des SD

THE CHIEF O F THE SECURITY POLICE
AND THE SECURITY SERVICE

Main Office Regular Police

ReichMinistry
of the
Interior

OFFICES
I-VII of the
MINISTRY

Main Office,
Budget &
Constructions
Office
Budget

office c o n structions

REICHSSICHERHEITSHAUPTAMT
REICH SECURITY MAIN OFFICE
Office
11

Office

Office
111

Office
IV

Office
V

Office
VI

Office
VII

Office
Adminis
tration &
Law

Headquarters
Office

Security Service
Sectors with
Branch Bureaus

Office
FireBrigades

Colonial
Police
Office

Inspectors
General

The
Reich
Labor
Leader

The
Reich
Sports
Leader

Inspectors of the
Regular Police

Inspectors of the Security

Police and the SD

Higher
Police
Authorities

Office
Technical
EmergencY
Squads

State Police Bureaus

(for each government district o r corresponding
administrative district) with Branch Bureaus,
F r o n t i e r Police Offices and Frontier Police Posts.

District Presidents
State Governments and
Reich Governors a s
higher police
authorities

Criminal Police Bureaus

(head: the chief of the
state-police administration
a t i t s s e a t of office)
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District and Local

Police Authorities

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District Police Authorities

(county counselors within the
counties with r u r a l police
officials and 'chief mayors,
in city districts with municipal police officials)

State Police Administrations (Central Police Hq.,

District Police Hq., Police Precincts) in certain towns

Criminal Department
(where no criminal
police bureau exists)

Local Police Authorities

(mayors in towns and country
communities with municipal
police officials)

Translation of chart on page 111

in the book entitled h he German Police"
by Dr. jur. Werner Best', SS Brigadier
General, published in 1941 by L. C.
Wittich Verlag, Darmstadt.

I, Margot Boatwright, X 046273,

hereby certify that I a m thoroughly
conversant with the English and German
languages; and that the above i s a t r u e
and c o r r e c t translation of Document No.
,1852-PS.

Chart 16

Detached Service Districts

and Alerted R e s e r v e s of the
municipal police in barracks

(signed) bbu&
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Margot Eoatwright
X 046273

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