Police
Latest news and information about policing and police issues in Germany.
What foreign residents need to know about Germany's new federal police powers
Germany has passed a law expanding the Federal Police's authority, with potential impacts on residents moving through train stations and airports.
Evacuations planned after unexploded WWII bomb found in Berlin-Neukölln
A number of residents in the Neukölln district of Berlin were expected to be evacuated later on Wednesday to allow for a World War II bomb to be disarmed.
Investigators seek motive after fatal knife attack in Regensburg bank
A 20-year-old suspect was arrested following a fatal knife attack in a Regensburg bank. The criminal investigation department is now searching for a motive.
German FA headquarters searched in Euro 2024 graft probe
Investigators raided Germany's football association headquarters and other locations across the country Wednesday as part of a probe into corruption linked to the Euro 2024 tournament.
Thousands evacuated from Potsdam for WWII bomb disposal
Residential buildings, nursing homes and the central train station in Brandenburg's most populous city have all been evacuated as authorities prepare to disarm a 250 kilogram bomb.
German police to get power to shoot down drones
German federal police will be allowed to shoot down drones, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Wednesday, following a recent string of sightings which Berlin has blamed on Russia.
Suspect arrested after teacher stabbed at college in German city of Essen
A teacher has been injured in a stabbing at a vocational college in the western German city of Essen, police said Friday.
What is Palantir's Gotham software and why do German police want it?
Phrases like ‘predictive policing’ are in the German press following an announcement that Baden-Württemberg will adopt a controversial surveillance software. So what is US firm Palantir offering and how will it change policing in Germany?
What to know about talking to the police in Germany
Officers of the law demand a degree of respect, but there are some things to know about speaking to police in German that may not be obvious to foreigners. Here are some things you can say (and some you should not).
Berlin introduces knife ban on public transport
Berlin has introduced a weapons ban - including knives and batons - for all passengers of the city's trains, buses and trams. Here’s what you need to know.
EXPLAINED: The extensive new powers to be given to Berlin police
Berlin police will be given extensive new rights and powers covering video surveillance and the monitoring of online communications.
German federal police to be equipped with Tasers by end of 2025
Germany's Interior Minister has announced his intention to issue Tasers to federal police officers by the end of the year, in addition to the batons and firearms they already carry.
German police under scrutiny following the killing of a young black man
Mass demonstrations were held in the German city of Oldenburg to criticise racism in the police force and demand a thorough investigation into the fatal shooting of a black man.
Man shot dead by German police in night club incident
A German police officer on Sunday shot dead a man who threatened people with a knife outside a night club and advanced toward a patrol spraying a suspicious gas, police said.
German police vow to crack down on custom of smacking women at Klaasohm festival
As the German island of Borkum prepares for its annual ‘Klaasohm’ festival, police say they will step up patrols to stop the now outlawed tradition of men beating women's bottoms with cow horns.
German police move to clear Tesla factory protest camp
German police have begun clearing a protest camp near Tesla's German factory near Berlin, where activists hoped to stop the expansion of the US carmaker's only European site.
German police arrest eight members of far-right paramilitary group
Police on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a right-wing extremist group based in eastern Germany that had trained for what they expected would be the collapse of state order, prosecutors said.
Manhunt after explosives left at Berlin's Neukölln train station
German police were searching for a man on Thursday after he fled a police check at a busy Berlin railway station and left behind a bag containing explosives.
Germany's top court orders limits to police surveillance powers
Germany's constitutional court ruled Tuesday that the federal police's powers of surveillance and data retention were too broad and ordered a change to the law.
14 injured after train crash in North Rhine-Westphalia
A regional train struck a parked freight train in western Germany on Tuesday, resulting in 14 people becoming injured, three of them seriously.
Two dead and seven rescued after hotel collapse in Germany's Moselle valley
Two people have died while several others who were trapped under the rubble for hours have been rescued after a hotel partially collapsed in the Moselle valley in western Germany.
What we know about fatal hotel collapse in western Germany
Rescue workers have pulled people, including a young child, from the rubble after a hotel partially collapsed in a town in the west of Germany.
Two dead and several people trapped after hotel collapse in western Germany
Part of a hotel in western Germany collapsed late on Tuesday, killing two people and burying several others, with rescuers having pulled them from the rubble by Wednesday evening, authorities said.