Police training in Germany
The police training in Germany is the training of law enforcement officials . It usually takes place in a police school or with the police associations . Training takes place in different institutions and with different career goals, so that the duration and curriculum vary widely.
A distinction is made between training in the sense of vocational training for the middle level police force and studying at a police college for the higher level police force . There are federal states that only train police officers in the higher service and federal states that train both for the middle and for the higher service.
requirements
When applying for police training, the formal recruitment criteria of the recruiting authority and civil service law must first be met. For the training in the middle service, the secondary school leaving certificate or a completed vocational training with a previous (qualifying) secondary school certificate is required; at least the advanced technical college entrance qualification is required to study in higher service . Applicants must also have German citizenship or that of another EU country, live in an orderly economic situation and they must not have a criminal record. In addition, certain age limits apply: the minimum age is 17 years, the maximum age between 24 and 36 years. A height of at least 160 cm is generally required for women and at least 165 cm for men.
Those who meet the above requirements can be admitted to the multi-stage aptitude selection procedure of the respective police. Successful passing is essential for admission to the police service. The selection process usually takes between 2 and 4 days and includes the following stages:
- Written or computer-based recruitment test (intelligence test). Usual content: mastery of the language (German and possibly English), general knowledge, mathematics, logical thinking, visual thinking, memory and concentration
- Sport aptitude test to check endurance, strength, coordination, agility and speed
- Job interview / structured interview
- Group discussion, brief presentation (usually only high-level staff)
- Police medical examination to determine the ability to work
The focus and the composition of the procedure can vary: Both the police forces of the federal states and the federal police plan their selection tests at their own discretion. The prerequisites for the high service are naturally more demanding.
If you do not already have one, you must acquire a class B driving license at your own expense before the start of training or studies .
education
The duration of the training is usually three years for university studies, and two and a half years for training. Federal states, which only train in the upper service, justify this with the fact that a two-part career (i.e. only higher and higher service) can "link theory and practice even more closely". It goes on to say: "This gives newly hired police officers [...] the necessary confidence for practical police service during their university studies." Thus, applicants are accepted to have a higher qualification both before and after their studies.
In addition, there are individual federal states that place applicants directly into the higher service, but the hiring only takes place after a previously completed degree, which cannot be documented by the police; qualification for the office of judge is a prerequisite for this. In the Federal Criminal Police Office, a “police-conducive” university degree is sufficient, but the candidate must then undergo a career test. If the junior staff are recruited from their own staff to high-level police law enforcement officers, they complete a two-year course at the German Police University, which ends with a master's degree in "Public Administration - Police Management".
Regulations at the federal and state levels
| state | police | Training in ... service | Duration of training in months | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| middle | upscale | higher | ||||
| Baden-Württemberg | Police in Baden-Württemberg | X | X | n. bek. | 30/45 | |
| Bavaria | Police Bavaria | X | X | n. bek. | 29/36 | Main article: Police training in Bavaria |
| Berlin | Police Berlin | X | X | X | 30/36 | In principle also training in higher service, but currently no vacancies. Status: May 2007 |
| Brandenburg | Brandenburg police | X | X | n. bek. | 30/36 | |
| Bremen | Police Bremen | X | n. bek. | 36 | ||
| Hamburg | Hamburg police | X | X | X | 30/36 | In principle, direct entry into higher service is also possible, but there is currently no job posting |
| Hesse | Police Hesse | X | X | 36 | First federal state with a purely two-part career; Introduction August 2002 | |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | Police Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | X | X | X | 24/36 | Settings in the higher service as required. (Last 3 appointments in October 2010.) |
| Lower Saxony | Police of Lower Saxony | X | X | 36 | 2 posts for higher service per year. (Last 4 appointments in January 2010, since no appointment in 2009.) | |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | North Rhine-Westphalia police | X | 36 | 5 posts for the higher service every two years. (Last 6 appointments in October 2010, as only 4 appointments in 2008.) Main article: Police training in North Rhine-Westphalia |
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| Rhineland-Palatinate | Rhineland-Palatinate police | X | n. bek. | 36 | ||
| Saarland | Saarland police | X | n. bek. | 36 | ||
| Saxony | Police Saxony | X | X | n. bek. | 30/40 | |
| Saxony-Anhalt | Police Saxony-Anhalt | X | X | n. bek. | 30/36 | |
| Schleswig-Holstein | Schleswig-Holstein police | X | X | n. bek. | 30/36 | |
| Thuringia | Police Thuringia | X | X | n. bek. | 24/36 | |
| Federation | Federal Police | X | X | X | 30/36 | Applications for the higher service are possible, but currently no job advertisement |
| Federation | Federal Criminal Police Office | X | X | 36/24 | Applications for the higher service are possible, but currently no job advertisement | |
| Federation | Police at the German Bundestag | no own training | Recruiting young people from the federal and state police forces ; i. d. Usually only officers of the middle police enforcement service up to A9 (main master) are taken. | |||
Content
The curriculum includes the following central canon of subjects, divided into theoretical subjects such as
- Criminal law
- Criminal Procedure Law
- Police law
- Administrative law
- Constitutional law
- Traffic law
- Special security law
- Police service knowledge including analog and / or digital photography
- Radio technology and radio communications
- Criminology
- criminology
- English
- Political education
- Service law, civil service law in the middle service
- Armory
- Social sciences
as well as practical subjects, for example
- Operational training
- Self defense
- First aid
- Gun and shooting training
- Driver training
- Service sport
The teaching content is mostly taught in theoretical lessons. The knowledge acquired is deepened and implemented in practical teaching units. Depending on the design of the training, a knowledge review is usually carried out at least once every six months or semester .
The content is then checked as part of a practical and theoretical career test, after which the appointment - depending on the career - takes place as a police master or police superintendent . Then the officer is deployed, depending on the specifications - but mostly in shift work with the protection or traffic police.
The entire training service is carried out in uniform in all federal states and at the federal police .
Training in various associations
The training takes place either with the riot police or at specially set up universities of applied sciences that teach the police department (applies to Berlin, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Thuringia). In all countries, there is no dual training in the classic sense, but the police force is a training location and internship company in one.
As a rule, the police student moves into accommodation in the respective department / college; he receives free medical care or allowance for the duration of the training, depending on the federal state, which must be supplemented by additional private health insurance.
Central training
The training of councilors is divided into two parts. The first part of the training takes place locally at the respective universities in the federal states. The second part takes place centrally at the German Police University in Münster-Hiltrup (North Rhine-Westphalia). The Federal Criminal Police Office only trains directly for the higher-level service.
Legal bases
Since each federal state and also the federal government independently organize their police forces within the framework of federalism , the training and studies are also based on the respectively applicable laws and regulations. The following is an overview of regulations for the training of police students:
Baden-Württemberg:
- Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior on the training and examination for the middle law enforcement service
- Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior on training and examinations for the senior police force
- Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior on training and examinations for the higher service of the protection and criminal police
Bavaria:
- Examination regulations for the middle police force
- Training and examination regulations for the higher-level police force
Brandenburg:
- Training and examination regulations for medium-sized police force
- Law on the University of Applied Sciences of the Police of the State of Brandenburg
- Ordinance on the examination for the career of the higher police force
Bremen:
- Training and examination regulations for the high-level police enforcement service in the state of Bremen
Hesse:
- Training and examination regulations for the higher-level police force
Lower Saxony:
- Ordinance on training and examinations for careers in the senior police force
Saxony-Anhalt:
- Ordinance on the training and examination of civil servants in the career of the senior police enforcement service of the state of Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia:
- Thuringian regulation on training and examinations for the career of the high-level police enforcement service
Federation:
- Ordinance on training and examinations for the federal criminal service
- Law on the Agreement on the Uniform Training of Candidates for the Higher Police Service and the Police Leadership Academy
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mery, Marcus / Guth, Kurt: The aptitude test / recruitment test for training at the police , Bildungspark Verlag , Offenbach am Main, p. 13 ff.
- ↑ "Rhineland-Palatinate on a clear course" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : An interim review of political initiatives and projects of the social-liberal state government in 2002
- ^ Job information from the North Rhine-Westphalia police force. ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Application to the North Rhine-Westphalian Police
- ^ Police Baden-Württemberg
- ↑ Bavarian Police ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Berlin police
- ↑ Brandenburg Police ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ § 7 AVPol ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hamburg police
- ↑ University of the Police in Hamburg ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ dissertation ; "Assessment of a personnel selection process" via the Hamburg police, p. 40
- ^ Hesse police
- ↑ The history of the Hessian police
- ↑ Police Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Police Lower Saxony ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Police North Rhine-Westphalia ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Police Rhineland-Palatinate
- ^ Saarland police
- ↑ Police Saxony ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Police of Saxony-Anhalt
- ↑ Schleswig-Holstein Police
- ↑ Police Thuringia
- ↑ Brochure of the Federal Police ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Career prospects with the Federal Police ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Job information at the BKA
- ↑ Information on training in the higher service
- ↑ Police at the German Bundestag ( Memento of the original from July 7, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior on the training and examination for the middle police enforcement service ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; chargeable
- ↑ Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior on the training and examination for the high-level police enforcement service ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; PDF file
- ↑ Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior on the training and examination for the higher service of the protection and criminal police ; chargeable
- ↑ Examination regulations for the intermediate police force ( Memento from January 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Training and examination regulations for the higher-level police force
- ↑ Training and examination regulations for medium-sized police enforcement service
- ^ Law on the University of Applied Sciences of the Police of the State of Brandenburg
- ^ Ordinance on the examination for the career of the higher police force
- ↑ Training and examination regulations for the high-level police enforcement service in the state of Bremen ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; PDF file
- ↑ Training and examination regulations for the high-level police enforcement service ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; PDF file
- ↑ Ordinance on training and examinations for the careers of the senior police enforcement service ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; PDF file, from page 196
- ↑ Ordinance on the training and examination of civil servants in the career of the senior police enforcement service of the state of Saxony-Anhalt ; PDF file
- ^ [1] Thuringian Ordinance on Training and Examinations for the Career of the Higher Police Enforcement Service
- ^ Ordinance on training and examinations for the federal criminal service
- ↑ Law on the Agreement on the Uniform Training of Candidates for the Higher Police Correctional Service and the Police Leadership Academy ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
