| Federation of German Detectives | |
| Native Name: | Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter |
| Native Name Lang: | de |
| Abbreviation: | BDK |
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| Founders: | Günter Tausch and Willi Knop |
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| Status: | trade union |
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| Location City: | Berlin |
| Location Country: | Germany |
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| Membership: | 15,000 |
| Membership Year: | 2010 |
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| Website: | bdk.de |
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The Federation of German Detectives[1] (German: Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter; BDK) is a professional association of criminal police officers in Germany. It was founded on 28 September in 1968[2] and represents about 15,000 people[3] working in criminal investigation. The BDK cooperates with various national and international organizations such as Conseil Européen des Syndicats de Police (CESP)[4] or Transparency International.[5]
Since the founding there were the following chairpersons[6]