Brandenburg Police

{{Short description|State police for the German state of Brandenburg}} {{Infobox law enforcement agency | agencyname = Brandenburg Police | nativename = {{lang|de|Polizei Brandenburg}} | commonname = | patch = | patchcaption = | logo = | logocaption = | badge = 140px|Polizeistern Brandenburg 2013 | badgecaption = | imagesize = | motto = | mottotranslated = | formed = | preceding1 = | preceding2 = | employees = 8,000+ (2020) <ref>{{cite web |title=The Brandenburg police |url=https://mik.brandenburg.de/sixcms/detail.php/863718 |accessdate=9 July 2020}}</ref> | budget = | country = Germany | divname = Brandenburg | map = Deutschland Lage von Brandenburg.svg | mapcaption = Location of Brandenburg shown in Germany | sizearea = 29,476 km<sup>2</sup> <ref name="police-dept">{{cite web |title=Police Department of Brandenburg |url=https://polizei.brandenburg.de/seite/polizeipraesidium/60741 |accessdate=9 July 2020}}</ref> | sizepopulation = 2.5 million <ref name="police-dept" /> | governingbody = Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs | constitution1 = | constitution2 = | police = yes | local = yes | overviewtype = | headquarters = Potsdam, Brandenburg | hqlocmap = | hqlocmapwidth = | hqlocmapheight = | hqlocmapborder = | hqlocleft = | hqloctop = | hqlocmappoptitle = | sworntype = Police officer | electeetype =  | minister1name = | chief1name = Oliver Stepien (Chief of Police) <ref>{{cite web |title=Oliver Stepien becomes Brandenburg's new police chief |url=https://polizei.brandenburg.de/pressemeldung/oliver-stepien-wird-brandenburgs-neuer-p/1928328 |accessdate=9 July 2020}}</ref> | chief1position = Polizeipräsident | child1agency =  | unittype = | unitname =  | officetype = | officename =  | provideragency = | uniformedas = | stationtype = | stations = | vehicle1type = | vehicles1 = | boat1type = | boats1 = | aircraft1type = | aircraft1 = | animal1type = | animals1 = | person1name = | person1type = | person1reason = | award1 = | website = {{official website|https://polizei.brandenburg.de/}} | footnotes = }}

The '''Brandenburg Police''' ({{Langx|de|Polizei Brandenburg}}) is Landespolizei for the German state of Brandenburg.

== Organisation ==

Under the Police Headquarters there are four regional headquarters (North, East, South, West), as well as the State Office of Criminal Investigation and the Directorate of Special Services. The four police directorates report to 16 police inspectorates, 9 water police stations and 5 motorway police stations. The 16 police inspectorates are divided into the headquarters of the police inspectorate and a further 33 police stations.

The police headquarters is headed by Oliver Stepien (Polizeipräsident) as police president.

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Category:State law enforcement agencies of Germany Category:Organisations based in Potsdam