Berlin Police

Berlin Police
Polizei Berlin
Agency overview
Formed25 March 1809
Employees27,208 (2023)[1]
Annual budget€1.957 billion (2023)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionBerlin
Location of Berlin shown in Germany
Size891.85 km2
Population3,754,418 (2019)
Governing bodySenate of Berlin
Constituting instruments
  • (ASOG Berlin) (Law of the protection of public safety and order)
  • (StPO) (Code of criminal procedure)
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersPlatz der Luftbrücke 6
12101 Berlin
Agency executive
  • Barbara Slowik, Polizeipräsidentin
Website
www.berlin.de/polizei/ Edit this at Wikidata
Berlin police during the May 1929 violence known as Blutmai
Polizeipräsidium, main entry (2011).
Police helicopter over Berlin (2012).

The Berlin Police (German: Polizei Berlin; formerly Der Polizeipräsident in Berlin, lit.'The Police President in Berlin') is the Landespolizei force for the city-state of Berlin, Germany. Law enforcement in Germany is divided between federal and state (Land) agencies.

The Berlin Police is headed by the Polizeipräsident (Chief of Police), Dr. Barbara Slowik. Her deputy is Police Vice-Chief Marco Langner. They are supported in the management of the force by the Staff Office of the Police Chief, the commanders of the five Local Divisions, the Division for Central Tasks, the Criminal Investigation Department, and the Central Services Division and the Academy of Police.

  1. ^ a b "Zahlen & Fakten". www.berlin.de. 11 April 2023.

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