Grenzschutzgruppe 9 is the elite Police Tactical Unit of the German Federal Police. GSG 9 counterparts on the state level are the Special Deployment Commandos.
The German Federal Coast Guard is a civilian law enforcement organisation whose primary missions are border protection, maritime environmental protection, shipping safety, fishery protection and customs enforcement. The Küstenwache is an association of several federal agencies, not a single entity like the United States Coast Guard.
Bundesgrenzschutz was the first federal police organization in West Germany after World War II. Established on 16 March 1951 as a subordinate agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the BGS was renamed the Bundespolizei on 1 July 2005 to reflect its transition to a multi-faceted police agency with control over border, railway and air security. This was controversial due to the German constitution expressly granting law enforcement power to the states. The fact that the border guard function was so limited allowed its formation notwithstanding this restriction, however in the modern day it has become a fully fledged police force.
Landespolizei is the term used to refer to all police of any one of the states of Germany.
The Federal Police of Brazil is a federal law enforcement agency of Brazil and one of its three national police forces. The other two are the Federal Highway Police and the Federal Railroad/Railway Police. From 1944 to 1967 it was called the Federal Public Safety Department.
Spezialeinsatzkommandos are police tactical units of each of the 16 German State Police forces. With the Mobile Operational Units (MEKs) and the Negotiation Teams they are part of the police Special Forces of each state.
The Special Operations Group is the elite Police Tactical Unit of the Public Security Police (PSP) of Portugal. GOE was created in 1982 and has around 200 operatives. Although a police unit, the GOE is employed worldwide, similar to the French GIGN or to the German GSG 9.
The Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten or BSB is a special operations unit of the Koninklijke Marechaussee, the Dutch gendarmerie corps. Although the BSB conducts special operations it is not a part of the, in 2018 established, Netherlands Special Operations Command.
Law enforcement in Germany is constitutionally vested solely with the states, which is one of the main features of the German political system.
GSG 9 is a German TV-series about the special unit GSG 9 der Bundespolizei of the German Federal Police. It premièred in the Spring of 2007.
The Belgian Federal Police is the national police force of the Kingdom of Belgium. It carries out specialized and supra-local administrative and judicial police operations, and supports both local and federal police services and units. The Federal Police has approximately 12,300 officers and civilian personnel.
The LAPV Enok is a Light Armoured Patrol Vehicle of the Bundeswehr, mostly in use with the German Army. It is a significantly further developed Wolf SSA, based on the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.
The Austrian Military Police (German: Kommando Militärstreife & Militärpolizei ) is the branch within the Austrian Armed Forces tasked with law enforcement and the protection of the forces, military events and Austrian Armed Forces property. The increasing number of international operations with the participation of Austrian soldiers and new threat scenarios hugely expand the spectrum of tasks.
The Diensteinheit IX was a special and covert counter-terrorism unit of the German Democratic Republic Volkspolizei. It was also known as the 9. Volkspolizei-Kompanie.
The Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll is the police tactical unit of the German Customs Service (Bundeszollverwaltung) and subordinate to the German Customs Investigation Bureau.
Berlin is a city-state and the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. The President of Germany, whose functions are primarily ceremonial under the German constitution, has his official residence in Schloss Bellevue. Berlin is the seat of the German executive, housed in the Chancellery. Facing the Chancellery is the Bundestag, the German Parliament, housed in the renovated Reichstag building since the government's move to Berlin in 1998. The Bundesrat represents the Federal States (Bundesländer) of Germany and has its seat at the former Prussian House of Lords.
