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1. hef198+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-15 14:00:32
The number of distinct police forces might already be a problem in itself.

Germany has 16 state level and one federal, plus customs (not legally a police force with a lot less jurisdiction)

France has two, Police national and Gendamerie.

Obviously a slight oversimplification when counting stuff like the BKA / LKA (maybe the German equivalent to the FBI?) as seperate bodies. But roughly across Europe you have two levels,local and federal. Both are reporting, one way or the other, to the respective Ministeries of the Interior. Quite adifference compared to the US, where the highest authority can be a mayor. or none, if I understood the thing with local Sherrifs correctly.

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