Federal Police (Germany)

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Federal Police Bundespolizei
Logo of the Federal Police
Common name	Polizei (the police)
Abbreviation	BPOL
Agency overview
Formed	16 March 1951 (74 years ago) (1951-03-16) as Bundesgrenzschutz, since 1 July 2005 named Bundespolizei
Employees	51,315 (1 September 2020)[1]
Annual budget	€4.729 billion (2021)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Germany
Operations jurisdiction	Germany
General nature	Federal law enforcement Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	BPOL-Präsidium, Potsdam
Police officers	42,885[1]
Civilians	8,430[1]
Agency executive	Dieter Romann, Präsident des Bundespolizeipräsidiums
Parent agency	Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community
BPOL-Direktions	11 • Bad Bramstedt covering Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern • Hanover covering Bremen, Hamburg and Lower Saxony • Sankt Augustin covering North Rhine-Westphalia • Koblenz covering Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Hesse • Stuttgart covering Baden-Württemberg • Munich covering Bavaria • Pirna covering Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia • Berlin covering Berlin and Brandenburg • Frankfurt International Airport • Fuldatal covering the Raid Police • Direktion 11 (Berlin) covering GSG9, Fliegergruppe and other special forces
Facilities
Motor vehicles	7,032[1]
Boats	3 (+1 on order) offshore vessels, 3 patrol boats[1]
Helicopters	94[1]
Service dogs	460[1]
Service horses	21[1]
Website
www.bundespolizei.de (German)

The Federal Police (German: Bundespolizei, [ˈbʊndəspoliˌtsaɪ] ^ⓘ, BPOL) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the German Federal Government, subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community. The Federal Police is responsible for border control, law enforcement across airports and railways, and the protection of federal institutions.