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Annual Report 2017 Table of contents 4 Welcoming address by the Federal Minister 39 Central Fines Office of the Interior 40 Forensics 6 Foreword by the President of the German 42 Prevention Federal Police Headquarters 44 Annual review 2017 8 German Federal Police tasks 10 The German Federal Police at a glance 54 Staff and equipment 56 German Federal Police staff 12 Assignments 58 Average age 13 Special assignments 59 Violence against law enforcement officers 14 Special Unit 60 Budget 16 Formed Police Units of the German 61 Staffing Federal Police 62 Federal Police career 17 Soccer 64 Top-level sports 18 German Federal Police in figures 66 Command, control and operational equipment 20 Organisation chart 22 Dimensions 70 Public relations 24 Illegal migration 72 Recruitment of junior staff 26 Repatriation 73 Social media 27 Visa Information Office 76 Orchestras 28 Deployments abroad 78 Staff magazine 34 Wide-spread search 36 EasyPASS 79 Register 37 Computer Emergency Response Team 38 Statistics on offences 79 Imprint 2 ▪ Annual Report Federal Police 2017 Annual Report Federal Police 2017 ▪ 3 Welcoming address Dear readers, As unscrupulous and violent the hooded need to send police officers to crisis re- The facts and data contained in this annual We live in a world of growing crises. At the demonstrators and anarchists may have gions is going to grow, which will not leave report clearly show that the Federal Police same time, alliances that for decades have been, as boundless was the population’s the Federal Police’s performance within is robust and modern at the same time, guaranteed safety and peace in Europe solidarity with the police during and after Germany untouched. willing to try new paths and reacting flexi- are beginning to show cracks. In this the deployment. Countless people than- bly to current challenges in Germany and situation Germany luckily proves to be an ked the officers who fought off the blind The enormous strengthening of the Fe- abroad. orderly, peaceful and stable community. destructive frenzy. This shows how deeply deral Police in terms of staff numbers as a the role of the police force as a warrantor reaction to the complex and lasting chal- Dear readers, I wish you an interesting However, not only the terrorist attacks of the of safety is anchored in our society and lenges thus is an important step towards a read. past years have made it clear that we must that its unlimited commitment is being solution to this problem and to warranting not take safety and freedom in our country noticed and appreciated. the safety in our country also in the future. for granted. Also the G20 summit in Ham- burg showed us that criminal anarchists Also in 2017 the ongoing influx of In addition to growing staff numbers, also violence, if unchecked, can lead our state migrants, the intensification of repatri- structural changes within the Federal Poli- Horst Seehofer, to its limits. We painfully had to witness how ations, the unchanged terroristic threat ce were made. In this respect, the newly Federal Minister of the Interior, for Building and Homeland federal and state police officers were expo- situation and numerous major events established Federal Police Regional Office sed to unprecedented violent excesses. But that demanded protection represented 11 should be highlighted, where different in the end, the German rule of law proved some essential challenges to the Federal units of the Federal Police with particular to be adequately capable and successful – Police. In addition, the Federal Police’s competences have been combined. This thanks to the courage, commitment and the commitment to international missions and way, the crisis and response capacity was professionalism of our officers. in Frontex operations has increased. The increased in a significant way. 4 ▪ Annual Report Federal Police 2017 Annual Report Federal Police 2017 ▪ 5 Foreword Dear curious readers, powers concerning border management The annual report 2017 at hand, which Why don’t you try to estimate how many on all land, air and interior sea borders of for the first time appears in a new “outfit”, Federal Police officers you can see on the our country – without suspending the free shows how comprehensive the Federal cover of this year’s annual report … movement people, goods and services. Police’s task portfolio intermittently is. Not only a browse is worth your while… It is exactly 1,750 candidates who came As a reaction to the ongoing terrorist threat together in one of our training centres with situation, the Federal Police Regional Of- the heads of the Bamberg training centre fice 11 assumed its assignment in August. and the seminar leaders and group leaders First, it incorporates the special forces of for this photograph. the Federal Police under one roof: GSG 9, Dr. Dieter Romann, PSA (Police Protection Tasks Abroad), BSL President of the German Federal Police Headquarters This picture stands for the year 2017 like (Special Protection Tasks Aviation), tactical a symbol – a year of superlatives for the medicine, air support service, digital foren- Federal Police. Not only when it comes to sics and explosive objects disposal (EOD). training and education! The main target of this is to permanently enable and optimise the entire organisa- The deployment at the G20 summit in July tion, as well as to permanently provide all was the biggest and most substantial opera- the instruments required for robust policing tion in the history of the Federal Police. Not tasks – in one hand, under one leadership, only in Hamburg itself, but as a consequen- wherever needed, whether in Germany, in ce of the temporary reintroduction of police one of the German states or abroad. 6 ▪ Annual Report Federal Police 2017 Annual Report Federal Police 2017 ▪ 7 German Federal Police tasks 8 ▪ Annual Report Federal Police 2017 Annual Report Federal Police 2017 ▪ 9 The German Federal Police at a glance In Germany, the Federal Police is an integral Aviation security Maritime component element of the safety architecture as well as Border management of freedom and rule of law in this country. In The German Federal Police safeguards avia- On the North Sea and the Baltic addition to its traditional task of border ma- In border police danger prevention, the German tion security at 14 large German commercial Sea, the German Federal Police nagement, the Federal Police contributes to Federal Police is responsible for a 30 km wide airports. This includes monitoring the airport operates with its maritime asset as the security of German citizens and visitors to stretch along the approximately 3,831 km grounds as well as – with the exception of part of the Federal Government’s our country on rail facilities, on the country’s long German borders. Along the 888 km long Munich Airport – passenger and luggage coast guard. With its resources, it coastlines, and at its airports. Also the protec- sea borders at the North Sea and the Baltic checks. In 2017 Federal Police staff together wards off threats for the security tion of constitutional bodies, deployments due Sea, the Federal Police is responsible for a with personnel from private security compa- of the maritime borders which are to major events and in international missions stretch which is 50 km wide. In the fight against nies checked 88 million flight passengers. In the German part of the Schengen as well as law enforcement and investigations cross-border crime, the Federal Police officers addition, the Federal Police deploys sky mar- external borders, monitors maritime are part of the daily work. The helicopters of monitor, trace and investigate. Furthermore, shals on board of German aircrafts to provide traffic, investigates environmental the Federal Police Air Support Group provide they carry out border police checks at many security for air traffic. violations and acts in an advisory cross-functional support. airports and harbours and execute removal capacity for German merchant measures. vessels in the worldwide defence against piracy attacks. Protection of constitutional institutions Railway Police At the request of and in agreement with the German Merseburg, the Federal Foreign Office and its guest states the Federal Police protects constitutional insti- house Villa Borsig, the Federal Ministries of the Interi- Danger prevention in the interest of public tutions and federal ministries that are at a particularly or and of Justice and Consumer Protection, as well security or order in rail traffic is another core high risk. The main target is to prevent or ward off as the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe and task of the German Federal Police. The rail fa- attacks. Here, the Federal Police deploys officers the Headquarters of the German Federal Bank in cilities of the federal railway system comprise and equipment like surveillance cameras, baggage Frankfurt am Main. nearly 5,700 railway stations and a network scanning equipment or security scanners. of approximately 33,500 km. In 2017, 2.08 The law enforcement officers mainly patrolled the billion travelers of DB AG alone used the In 2017 the Federal Police protected the properties premises and at the entrance of the protected trains. The protection of rail facilities of federal of the Office of the Federal President of Germany objects and thus warranted undisturbed events and railroads as part of the German critical infra- and Villa Hammerschmidt, the Federal Chancellery high-ranking official visits. structure (KRITIS) is in the focus of national with the federal government’s guest house Schloss and entrepreneurial safety precaution. 10 ▪ Annual Report Federal Police 2017 Annual Report Federal Police 2017 ▪ 11 Assignments Special assignments Operations and Investigation Formed Units of the German Crime control Support Federal Police The crime fighting capacity of the German Offenders often leave digital traces. The The Formed Units of the German Federal Federal Police is characterised by speci- special officers of the Federal Police Police represent the flexible component of fic investigation competences.
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