Landespolizei
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14 sectionsContents
- History
- Organisation
- Territorial
- Operational
- Training
- Sidearm
- Appearance
- Post WWII
- Green uniforms
- Blue uniforms
- Exceptions
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Schleswig-Holstein Police patrol car thumb|Hamburg Police motorcycle thumb|Partenavia P.68|Vulcanair P68 Observer of the [[Hesse State Police]] thumb|Segway PT|Segway personal transporters tested by the [[Saarland Police in the summer of 2006]] thumb|Eurocopter EC 135 [[police helicopter of the Brandenburg State Police]] thumb|The RMMV Survivor R of the police of [[Saxony is a tactical, armored vehicle, specialised for anti-terror tasks.]] thumb|Mounted State Police officers in Offenbach am Main|Offenbach, [[Hesse]] thumb|Spezialeinsatzkommando|SEK members of [[North Rhine-Westphalia during an exercise]] thumb|A helicopter of the Berlin Police over [[Berlin]] ) is a term used to refer to the state police of any of the states of Germany.
==History== The 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.