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64-472: The Schutzpolizei ( German pronunciation: [ˌʃʊt͡spoliˈt͡saɪ] ), or Schupo ( IPA: [ˈʃuːpo] ) for short, is a uniform-wearing branch of the Landespolizei , the state ( Land ) level police of the states of Germany . Schutzpolizei literally means security or protection police, but it is best translated as protection police. The Schutzpolizei has by far

128-573: A "uniform career structure" that aims to avoid premature specialization, lets officers think in broad terms, makes career field changes easier and improves promotion opportunities. German citizenship is not required to be a police officer in Germany. Police departments in big cities are especially keen to recruit officers from ethnic minorities to reduce language and cultural barriers. However, minorities still make up less than one percent of officer numbers. The Land police have had women members since

192-563: A 24-hour basis, conduct day-to-day policing and serve as points of contact for local citizens. Below this level, the Polizeiposten are small police offices staffed by one or two officers, normally only during office hours. The State Police wear the state patch on the uniform sleeve and sometimes metal city badges are worn over the right breast pocket, indicating which police department they work for. Police officers can be transferred anywhere within their state. Once skilled, officers of

256-496: A half years at police school in combined classroom tuition and on-the-job training with police departments and the Bereitschaftspolizei . These people qualify as regular police officers and wear light blue stars on their shoulder straps, denoting rank in the first echelon of the police service. After duty as a patrol officer, someone with an outstanding record or wealth of experience can go on to two or three years at

320-524: A higher police school or college of public administration to qualify for the upper echelon which starts with Polizeikommissar (one silver star) and ascends to Erster Polizeihauptkommissar (five silver stars). Direct entry candidates with the Abitur high school diploma can also take these courses. Some states such as Hessen now train all their police officers for the upper echelon to improve pay and promotion chances. The very few candidates who qualify for

384-479: A minimum magazine capacity of 8 rounds, have a service life of at least 10,000 rounds, weigh no more than 1 kilogram and be within dimensions of 180 mm length×130 mm height×34 mm width, and be fully ambidextrous, safe to carry with a loaded chamber (both holstered and concealed in a pocket) and able to be quickly drawn and instantly ready to fire. Walther developed their tried and true P38/P1 design further into Walther P5 . However, due to its breech-locking design, it

448-529: A section of the Federal Police (former Gendarmerie ). In Brazil , traffic policing is the responsibility of state and federal police forces accordingly to the highway administration status. State administered highways (usually shorter, within state borders, two-way, single lane, lower traffic) are policed by a branch of the Military Police forces, called State Highway Military Police . At

512-439: A special feature, an own Border Police (Bayerische Grenzpolizei). Two separate and distinct uniforms were worn during this time by the state police (Green) and City Police (Blue). The last city police force was Munich, which was finally merged into the state police in 1975. This organization was also prevalent in the other American Sector states. From 1945 all German police forces wore different coloured uniforms, but beginning in

576-634: A support role on the limited-access highways within NYC, especially when NYPD Highway Patrol officers call for assistance or are unavailable due to limited manning and deployment elsewhere in NYC. Some highway patrol organizations, such as the Florida Highway Patrol and North Carolina State Highway Patrol , are specifically charged with the enforcement of traffic laws, and while able to enforce other laws, they are not an official "state police" agency, yet retain their statewide jurisdiction in

640-463: Is a term used to refer to the state police of any of the states of Germany . The Landespolizei of today can trace its origins to the late 19th century, when Germany united into a single country in 1871, under Otto von Bismarck . Various towns and cities also maintained police forces, as the increasing number of new laws and regulations made controlling urban life more complicated. In Nazi Germany , all state and city forces were absorbed into

704-528: Is no highway police system, traffic policing duties on highways are performed by the traffic police of the respective state police forces. In Indonesia , traffic policing is the responsibility of the Indonesian National Police 's Traffic Corps. The Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps ( Korps Lalu Lintas Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia abbreviated "Korlantas Polri") oversees several units which regard to traffic policing including

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768-668: Is still part of the Bepo. After qualifying as a police officer, officers have to serve one to two years with the Bepo before moving on to law enforcement duties at a police station. Dedicated to the LKA: The individual Länder and the Federal Police conduct basic police training for their personnel. The length and thoroughness of this training contributes in large degree to the high level of police professionalism in Germany. Teaching all aspects of police work takes time but supports

832-759: Is the responsibility of Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie , the country's national gendarmerie force. In the Netherlands , policing on the highways falls under the purview of the Dienst Infrastructuur , which is one of the Landelijke Eenheid (national police services, as opposed to the regional forces). Their primary focus is to conduct traffic stops with the aim to detect criminal activities and to intercept weapons, money and drugs. Which can be used for criminal activities. further they work with agencies to prevent international drug trade. Within

896-841: Is the responsibility of National Mobile Police Service of the Norwegian Police Service . In Pakistan , traffic policing on National Highways And Motorways is the responsibility of National Highways & Motorway Police . In the Philippines , traffic policing on national highways and motorways is the responsibility of the Highway Patrol Group of the Philippine National Police . The Highway Patrol Group are responsible for intelligence, promulgating anti-carnapping campaigns and other road enforcements. In regards to traffic violations,

960-656: Is the responsibility of the Autobahnpolizei section of the Landespolizei . In, Hungary , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Hungarian National Police ( Rendőrség ). In India, some states have formed Highway Patrol Divisions under their respective state police departments. such as Karnataka Highway Patrol , Kerala Highway Police , Tamil Nadu Highway Patrol , Maharashtra Highway Police , etc. In states where there

1024-758: Is the responsibility of the Colombian National Police , under the responsibility of the Highway Police corps. In Croatia , traffic police special department is the national motorway patrol, patrols the motorways in Croatia. Missions include the prevention and detection of driving offences. In the Czech Republic , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Policie CR . In Denmark , traffic policing on highways

1088-826: Is the responsibility of the Danish National Police . In Finland , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Finnish National Police . In France , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of dedicated units of the Gendarmerie Nationale , the Escadron départementaux de sécurité routière (EDSR) and the CRS autoroutières of the National Police (France) . In Germany , traffic policing on highways

1152-596: Is the responsibility of the Grand Ducal Police , the country's national police force, under the responsibility of the Road Police Unit (UPR - Unité de la police de la route / Eenheet vun der Verkéierspolice / Verkehrspolizeieinheit ). This task was previously enforced by the defunct Luxembourgish National Grand Ducal Gendarmerie . In Malaysia , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility by Royal Malaysia Police . JPJ also charged with

1216-481: Is the responsibility of the National Police Agency . In Tunisia , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of Tunisian National Guard , the country's national gendarmerie force. In Turkey , road traffic duties are carried out by Traffic Police under Turkish National Police and Traffic Gendarmerie under General Command of Gendarmerie in their respective areas of responsibilities. In

1280-894: Is the responsibility of the Policja , the National Police Force. In Portugal , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Republican National Guard . In Russia , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of GIBDD section of the Politsiya and the Public Security Service of the MVD . In Spain , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Civil Guard (the country's Gendarmery force), except in

1344-715: Is the responsibility of the Traffic Police , a specialised unit of the Sri Lankan National Police . In Sweden , traffic policing is the responsibility of the Swedish Police Authority . All Swedish police officers have the authority to stop drivers but it is only the police officers within the Swedish Traffic Police division who have the authority to clamp vehicles etc. In Taiwan , traffic policing on highways

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1408-530: The Ordnungspolizei , which existed from 1936 to 1945. After World War II , massive numbers of refugees and displaced persons, hunger and poverty characterised everyday life in Germany. Attacks by armed gangs, robbery, looting and black-marketing were commonplace, and the military police could not cope with this troubling security situation. Thus each of the Western Allies quickly permitted

1472-679: The Volkspolizei , however this was reorganized according to the West German police upon the reunification of Germany in 1990. All state police forces in the Federal Republic of Germany are subordinate to their respective Land (State) Minister of the Interior. The internal structures of these police forces differ somewhat (which makes generalizations subject to local variations), but in most cases, immediately subordinate to

1536-666: The Dienst Infrastructuur there is an organisation called FIT (Flexibel Interventie Team) they are an organization that specializes in tackling embezzlement and theft of cars and tackling drug transport via cars. In New Zealand the Highway Patrol operates almost exclusively on state highways and is a subdivision of the Road Policing Team of the New Zealand Police . The Road Policing Team includes many different Highway Patrol type policing teams such as

1600-502: The Land chief of uniformed police (gold wreath with one to three stars) or Federal Police chief (gold wreath with four stars). The DHPol that the states and Federal Interior Ministry administer jointly also provides specialized vocational courses for senior police personnel. All Landespolizei officers carry handguns while on duty. Each German state's Landespolizei differ from other states in what sidearm they carry; this list includes some of

1664-621: The Land Transportation Office Law Enforcement Service are responsible for enforcing traffic rules and regulations both for public utility and private vehicles on national highways. Furthermore, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority is responsible for policing traffic rules around Metro Manila highways, particularly on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue . In Poland , traffic policing on highways

1728-596: The Landespolizei . Another police is the Polizei beim Deutschen Bundestag (Police at the Bundestag). Crime: Highway patrol Duties of highway patrols or traffic police may include the following: In Argentina , traffic policing is the responsibility of the Argentine National Gendarmerie . In Australia , traffic policing is the responsibility of the state police forces (with

1792-716: The United Kingdom , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Roads Policing Unit of the territorial police force . In some cases, police forces combine their roads policing units, for example the Central Motorway Police Group and North West Motorway Police Group . Many state police agencies in the United States take the name of "highway patrol" rather than "state police". State police agencies may fulfil

1856-589: The Expressway Traffic Police Units ( 高速道路交通警察隊 , Kōsoku-dōro kōtsu-keisatsu-tai ) , operational units of the traffic department within each prefectural police agency. Despite the non-existence of motorways due to the country's small size, the Liechtensteiner National Police , the country's small national police force, is in charge of traffic matters. In Luxembourg , traffic policing on highways

1920-550: The RCMP logo but unlike other highway patrol agencies, they are not a separate agency. Instead they remain part of the RCMP. In New Brunswick , Inspections and Enforcement New Brunswick officers assist provincial RCMP officers with traffic enforcement as the RCMP dismantled all but one of its traffic units in the province. In 2018 Saskatchewan gave additional authorities to its commercial vehicle enforcement branch in relation to Criminal Code and provincial traffic offences and renamed

1984-700: The Strategic Traffic Units, Commercial Vehicle Safety Team, Impairment Prevention Teams, and Serious Crash Units. Formerly traffic law enforcement was the responsibility of the Traffic Safety Service of the Ministry of Transport. The MOT had no law enforcement authority beyond traffic. The MOT merged with the Police in 1992 and the Highway Patrol was re-established as its own unit in 2001. In Norway , traffic policing on highways

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2048-638: The Swiss Army's new standard handgun, SIG Sauer P220 down to required dimensions, making a new model P225, which as P6 was adopted by most state police forces. Following the reunification, Thuringia State Police initially kept using the old Volkspolizei Makarovs due to lack of funds, Saxony State Police adopted the P7, Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern adopted the P6 and Brandenburg adopted SIG Sauer's P228. New sidearms post-reunification: From 1945 till 1976,

2112-584: The autonomous communities with transferred competences on traffic policing ( Catalonia and the Basque Country ), where autonomous police forces ( Mossos d'Esquadra and Ertzaintza , respectively) are responsibly for this area. As of 2020, traffic policing in Navarra has been fully transferred to the local autonomous police force, the Policía Foral de Navarra . In Sri Lanka , traffic policing

2176-756: The branch the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol to reflect its new powers. In addition to the Sûreté du Québec , Quebec maintains the Contrôle routier Québec  [ fr ] which enforces traffic laws in relation to commercial vehicles. The Northwest Territories has a highway patrol agency called the Northwest Territories Highway Patrol . It is responsible only for enforcing laws in relation to commercial vehicles. In Colombia , traffic policing on highways

2240-620: The case is later handed over to investigators of the Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Investigation Police). Schutzpolizei officers are also responsible for promoting public safety, crime prevention, criminal prosecution and traffic control. This article about government in Germany is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Landespolizei Landespolizei ( German for 'state police'; German pronunciation: [ˌlandəspoliˈt͡saɪ] )

2304-593: The countries motorways and other national routes. They patrol using motorbikes, off-road/4X4s, and a mixture of marked and unmarked high-powered saloon cars. In Italy , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Polizia Stradale section of the civilian Polizia di Stato and the Gendarmerie force of the Carabinieri . In Japan , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of

2368-635: The design and sourcing of the police uniforms. Cap badges, patches and rank remain the same as before, just in blue. Vehicle liveries also changed to a silver/blue or white/blue design. The Bundeskriminalamt (BKA - the German Federal Criminal Police Office) and the Bundespolizei (BPOL - Federal Police, formerly known as the Bundesgrenzschutz/BGS) are federal institutions that are not part of

2432-532: The dispatchers of the Highway Patrol organizations in all 50 states. These numbers are useful for motorists who want to report aggressive driving , driving under the influence , or other dangerous but not life-threatening situations that do not require a 9-1-1 call. Highway patrol and state police officers are often referred to as a "state trooper". Historically, a troop was a small cavalry unit. Many state police forces originated as mounted paramilitary forces who were stationed in barracks like soldiers, hence

2496-698: The following agencies are responsible for highway patrol: In Newfoundland and Labrador , the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary serves only major metropolitan areas and highway policing is the responsibility of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . In British Columbia , provincial RCMP Traffic Services rebranded themselves as the British Columbia Highway Patrol . British Columbia Highway Patrol vehicles have their own liveries without

2560-412: The forces were reconstituted after World War II. Initially, female officers were only assigned to cases involving juveniles and women but in the mid-1970s they were allowed to become patrol officers. The proportion of women on patrol duty is set to rise as 40-50 percent of police school inductees are currently female. Most police recruits are taken on directly after leaving school and spend about two and

2624-701: The formation of civilian police forces, including small numbers of heavily armed and military like organised police forces in Western Germany, under terms that reflected their own police structures and traditions. In all three Western zones, the emphasis was to decentralise, demilitarise and democratise the police. Some restrictions were lifted as Cold War tensions grew. In addition, the botched hostage rescue attempt at Munich Olympic Massacre , as well as rise in organized crime and terrorism (Red Army Faction, Revolutionary Cells) proved that certain police functions necessitated central rather than local direction, thus

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2688-545: The highway patrol unit. It conducts activities such as traffic: law enforcement, management, control, accident handling and prevention, education, escort , and patrol in the roads of the country. The issuing of a driver's license is also conducted by this unit. The Garda Traffic Corps , a specialised unit of the Garda Síochána (the national police force for the Republic of Ireland ) is responsible for patrolling

2752-629: The interior ministries are the regional police headquarters ( Präsidium ). These headquarters direct operations over a wide area or in a big city, and have administrative and supervisory functions. The Präsidium often has direct control of the force's specialist units, such as highway patrols , mounted police detachments and canine units. Under the regional headquarters, there are several district police headquarters ( Direktionen ) serving communities of from 200,000 to 600,000 citizens. Subordinate to each Direktion , there are several local stations ( Inspektion ) or precincts ( Revier ) that are staffed on

2816-410: The largest number of personnel, is on duty 24 hours per day, and has the broadest range of duties. On patrol duty, mainly in vehicles, they keep their respective area under surveillance. As in most other countries, the uniformed police in Germany are usually the first to arrive at the scene of an incident, whether it is a crime or an accident. They also take the initial action ( Erster Angriff ), even if

2880-541: The legend "Polizei" in bold lettering. All German State Police Forces (German: Landespolizei) and the Federal Police (German: Bundespolizei) shifted after 2005 to blue uniforms to conform with the common blue look of most police forces in Europe. In line with the uniforms, police vehicles and various items of equipment also changed their main color to blue. Although there are 16 states, currently only six types of state police uniforms are in use, because many states co-operate in

2944-506: The mid-seventies the police of all West German Länder and West Berlin wore the same uniform that Heinz Oestergaard designed most parts of in the early seventies. The standard uniform consisted of a tunic, parka, pullover without shroud, coat, visor cap and necktie in moss-green, trouser, pullover, and cardigan in brown-beige, and shirt (long and short sleeve) in bamboo-yellow. Shoes, boots, holsters, leather jackets, and other leather gear were black. Leather gloves were olive drab. Exceptions were

3008-507: The name " California Highway Patrol " after the merger of the smaller California State Police with the larger and better-known CHP and the combination of their functions into one agency. On Long Island , New York , along with neighboring New York City , an unusual arrangement exists in which the city and county highway patrols conduct everyday enforcement on the limited-use highways, with the New York State Police acting in

3072-434: The notable exception of the Australian Capital Territory , under the responsibility of the Australian Federal Police ). Each force has its own traffic sections, often a local section in each area and a statewide section. In Austria, traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Austrian Federal Police . In Belgium , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Wegpolitie - Police de la Route (WPR)

3136-434: The police service's executive ranks study for one year at a state police academy and then for another at the German Police University ( Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei – DHPol) in Münster-Hiltrup where graduates earn a master's degree in police administration. Direct-entry candidates with a university degree only study for six months at the DHPol. The executive echelon begins with Polizeirat (one gold star) and culminates with

3200-448: The responsibility of undertaking registration and licensing of drivers and all motor vehicles and trailers in Malaysia. In Mexico , traffic policing on highways is the responsibility of the Mexican National Guard . Despite the non-existence of motorways due to the country's small size, the Monegasque Public Security , the country's small national police force, is in charge of traffic matters. In Morocco , traffic policing on highways

3264-473: The role of highway patrol, and vice versa. For instance, the Arizona Highway Patrol is actually a state police agency, meaning that it is a police body having statewide authority to conduct law enforcement activities and criminal investigations. In addition to its highway patrol duties, it performs functions outside the normal purview of the city police or the county sheriff , such as enforcing traffic laws on state highways and interstate expressways, overseeing

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3328-399: The same time Federal highways and roads (longer, crossing state borders, some double lane and high-traffic) are the responsibility of the Federal Highway Police . In Canada traffic policing on highways is primarily the responsibility of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police , except for in the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , Alberta , Saskatchewan and New Brunswick . In these provinces,

3392-497: The same vein as the California Highway Patrol or the New Jersey State Police . States like Texas have a bona fide and appropriately named state police department such as the Texas Department of Public Safety , of which only one arm is a highway patrol division. In addition, the police departments of Boston , New York City , Philadelphia , Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York have highway patrol bureaus. These units have special uniforms for their highway duty- service caps with

3456-481: The security of the state capitol complex and other state buildings, protecting the governor, providing technological and scientific support services, and helping to coordinate multi-jurisdictional task force activity in serious or complex cases. The California Highway Patrol serves as bailiffs and courtroom deputies for certain state courts, such as the appellate courts and the California Supreme Court building in San Francisco. The state traffic enforcement agency retained

3520-414: The state police can be moved theoretically nationwide. In practice, such requests are made by the officers themselves. They usually swap workplaces with an exchange partner from another federal state ('Stellentausch', job rotation). Such an exchange is thus possible nationwide and is not dependent on the state. State police forces are divided into the following branches: In some states the police academy

3584-551: The term "Patrolmen" in reference to members of the State Police or Highway Patrol. Many states and their Departments of Transportation have organized government-run freeway service patrols , Highway Assistance Patrols, or Highway Safety Patrols, to assist with highway emergencies as needed. While not law enforcement personnel, these persons provide free service to motorists in distress, and secure lanes of traffic, provide emergency medical assistance, request tow trucks for vehicles in inconvenient or dangerous locations, remove debris from

3648-415: The term "trooper." Some agencies, particularly on the East Coast, refer to their state police offices as "barracks", although troopers generally do not reside there. Other state police forces, particularly highway patrols as in California, have always modeled themselves after police officers who simply commute to work like ordinary civilians. Like police officers, they use the title "officer." Other states use

3712-440: The various Länder had a wide array of insignia and rank. Additionally, uniforms colours varied from green to blue, and various shades thereof. For example, the City State of Hamburg police NCOs wore blue uniforms with inverted British style chevrons and the Schleswig Holstein police wore green uniforms with Third Reich style rank. Bavaria maintained a State Police (Landespolizei) as well as City Police (Gemeinde / Stadt) forces and, as

3776-408: The visor caps with a white top worn by the Verkehrspolizei, or traffic police. The Verkehrspolizei wore white gloves, tunics, and coats during traffic duties and ceremonial duties (like white holsters and leather gear). In some Länder all officers wore visor caps with white tops in general. The Wasserschutzpolizei wore uniforms of a slightly different design. They had dark or navy-blue jackets, the shirt

3840-399: The weapons utilized by various Landespolizei, as well as weapons that have been phased out: Originally, post-WWII Landespolizei officers carried Walther's P38/P1 and PP(K) handguns. However, during the 1970s police reforms, the forces also agreed to standardize on handguns. New requirements included: that the guns fire 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge at a minimum muzzle energy of 500 J, have

3904-409: The western state police forces underwent significant reforms in the 1970s. Most notably, the municipal police forces become part of the Landespolizei , such as the Munich city police, which became Polizeipräsidium München as part of Bavarian State Police in 1975. The Landespolizei became the police force for the federal states in the West. East Germany created a unified national force in the form of

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3968-409: The wire grommet removed, giving the classic "crusher" look, leather jackets, riding breeches, riding boots, Sam Browne -style belts and lanyards for their service pistols. A privately compiled list of Highway Patrol organizations and similar state police agencies is available on the web. The Iowa State Patrol maintains a list of phone numbers and cell phone dialing codes for non-emergency calls to

4032-423: Was difficult to manufacture, thus driving up the price, and ended up being adopted only by Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate forces. Heckler & Koch presented the new P7 design, which was adopted by Bavarian State Police and Lower Saxony State Police. Saarland Police had adopted Heckler & Koch's other design, P9S before the standardization agreements and kept it. SIG Sauer chopped

4096-425: Was white, and the visor cap had a white top. The BGS wore a forest green uniform with a bamboo-yellow shirt. After German reunification, the Volkspolizei was broken up into Landespolizei and switched to the standard uniform. During the period of transition they still wore their old uniforms, but with western-style sleeves and cap emblems. Vehicle markings were also redesigned to conform to a white and green livery with

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