Prepared By:

Alyssa Mabelle Diloy

German Police
What are police called in Germany?
•The Federal Police (Bundespolizei or
BPOL) is a (primarily) uniformed federal
police force in Germany. It is
subordinate to the Federal Ministry of
the Interior (Bundesministerium des
Innern (BMI). Ordinary police forces,
meanwhile, are under the
administration of the individual
German states (Bundesländer) and are
known as the Landespolizei.
Requirements to become a
Police Officer in Germany
Citizenship
• Any person who has German citizenship
may apply as long as other
requirements are also met. Any person
who lost German citizenship between
1933 and 1945 may have it restored if
they want to apply as a police officer
with the Bundengrenzschutz.
Physical Requirements
• All applicants are also required to undergo a physical
examination by an authorized police physician to
determine their physical suitability to serve. Any
disability that prohibits range of motion or functional
movements will disqualify candidates. All members of
the BGS must not be overweight or underweight,
which the BGS measures using body mass index (BMI).
Applicants and officers may not be overweight with a
body weight above 27.5 kilograms or underweight
with a body weight below 18 kilograms to serve in the
BGS.
Criminal History
•The German federal
police require all
applicants and officers
to have a clean criminal
record.
Communication
•The applicants to have communication
skills to deal with the public. This
includes the ability to communicate in
English as well as German. General
knowledge of any additional
languages, like French or Arabic, is an
asset for any applicant.
Their main duty is crime
prevention by:
1. Conducting
walking patrols
to deter street
crime
2. Patrolling near
schools and
kindergartens
German Police Training
German Police Ranking
•1 = Unterwachtmeister der Schutzpolizei
•2 = Rottwachtmeister der Schutzpolizei
•3 = Wachtmeister der Schutzpolizei
•4 = Oberwachtmeister der Schutzpolizei
•5 = Revier-Oberwachtmeister der
Schutzpolizei
•6 = Hauptwachtmeister der Schutzpolizei
•7 = Meister der Schutzpolizei
•8 = Leutnant der Schutzpolizei
•9 = Oberarzt der Polizei
•10 = Stabsarzt der Polizei
•11 = Regierungsrat
• 12 = Oberfeldarzt der Polizei
• 13 = Oberst der Gendarmerie
•14 = SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der
Polizei
•15 = SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der
Polizei
•16 = SS-Obergruppenführer und General der
Polizei
•17 = SS-Oberstgruppenführer und Generaloberst
der Polizei
• 18 = Reichsführer SS und Chef der Deutschen Polizei
German Police Uniforms
German Police Car