Federal Police (Germany)

Federal Police
*Bundespolizei*
Federal Police; Bundespolizei
	Federal Police patch
	Agency logo of the Federal Police
	Federal Police badge
Common name	Budespolizei (Federal Police)
Abbreviation	BPOL
Agency overview
Formed	16 March 1951 as Bundesgrenzschutz, since 1 July 2005 named Bundespolizei
Employees	51,315 (1 September 2020)
Annual budget	€4.729 billion (2021)
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
Civilians	8,430
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
Boats	3 (+1 on order) offshore vessels, 3 patrol boats
Helicopters	94
Service dogs	460
Service horses	21
Website
	[1] (German)

The Federal Police (German: Bundespolizei, [ˈbʊndəspoliˌtsaɪ] ^ⓘ, BPOL) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the Federal Government of Germany. It is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior and is responsible for land and maritime border control, law enforcement at airports and on the railway system, and the protection of federal institutions. Before 1 July 2005, the agency was known as the Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guard).