Federal Police (Germany) ||This article needs additional
citations for verification. (January 2013)| |Common
name||Federal Police| |Logo of the BPOL (since 2009)|
|Formed||July 1 2005| |Preceding agency||Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS)
(Federal Border Guard)| |Legal personality||Governmental:
Government agency| The Bundespolizei (BPOL) is a (primarily)
uniformed federal police force in Germany. It is subordinate to
the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des
Innern (BMI)). Ordinary police forces (which are much more
sizable in combined numbers) fall under the administration of
the individual German states (Bundesländer) and are known as the
Landespolizei. The Bundespolizei was previously known as the
Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS) ("Federal Border Guard") and had a more
restricted role until July 1, 2005 when the law renaming the BGS
as the BPOL was enacted. Prior to 1994 BPOL members also had
military combatant status due to their historical foundation and
border guard role. The BPOL has the following missi