Nativename: | Polizei Brandenburg |
Employees: | 8,000+ (2020) [1] |
Country: | Germany |
Map: | Deutschland Lage von Brandenburg.svg |
Sizearea: | 29,476 km2 [2] |
Sizepopulation: | 2.5 million |
Governingbody: | Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs |
Police: | yes |
Local: | yes |
Headquarters: | Potsdam, Brandenburg |
Sworntype: | Police officer |
Chief1name: | Oliver Stepien (Chief of Police) [3] |
Chief1position: | Polizeipräsident |
The Brandenburg police is the German Landespolizei force for the German state of Brandenburg.
Under the Police Headquarters there are four regional headquarters (North, East, South, West), as well as the State Office of Criminal Investigation and the Directorate of Special Services. The four police directorates report to 16 police inspectorates, 9 water police stations and 5 motorway police stations. The 16 police inspectorates are divided into the headquarters of the police inspectorate and a further 33 police stations.
The police headquarters is headed by Oliver Stepien (Polizeipräsident) as police president.