STAATSPOLIZEI

DAWGFACE47@webtv.net schrieb:
> KARL, the recent horror i ERFURT,

Yeah, quite ugly, isn't it.

> kicked a couple of things up to y forebrain and i have some

> shirts, and almost kelly green uniforms (well a bright green but not

> federal and non country or municipal law enforcement.

In Germany, basically all police are under control of the Länder
(States). There are no communal/municipal police forces, though cities
may employ security firms. The Federal government controls the
"Bundesgrenzschutz" (Border Police) which nowadays also has a fair amount of
inland duties (e.g.patrolling railroads, protecting federal buildings etc.)
and can support the state police if neccessary

> i just cannt remember now who was who and what the

Until the late 1960's / early 1970s the various state police men wore
different uniforms. I know Hamburg had blue uniforms with flat-topped
caps, Berlin had leather helmets (called "tschakos"), other states had green
uniforms. At some time it was decided that all should wear the same uniform so
as to be less confusing.

It now is a flat cap, green jacket, light sand shirt, dark sand trousers.
Black leather jackets may be worn in cold weather. The various state police
differ in minor details like the insignia.

Motorcycle patrols, SWAT teams, police on riot duty etc. have their special
gear, usually in bright green, usually with white trim. POLIZEI written on the
back (note the spelling)

Cars are green and white, utility vehicles (buses etc.) just green. A
short time ago, they have started to switch to green/silver schemes -
apparently it's easier to sell used cars that way.

Hope this helps

so LANDER POLIZEI is the correct phrase to paint on a vehicle?

POLITI (Norwegian?) and POLIZEI got jammed up in my aging rain and became
POLITZEI, i guess.

thanks for the help.

sorry for the folks in ERFURT.

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