ESCAPE%20symposium%20on%20traffic%20enforcement%202%20December%202003,%20Brussels,%20Belgium

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ESCAPE symposium on traffic enforcement2
December 2003, Brussels, Belgium

• Polizeidirektor Martin Mönnighoff
• Polizei-Führungsakademie, Germany

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Programme

• Police Staff College
• Policing in Germany
• Responsibilities for road safety in Germany

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Deutschlands Länder Einwohnerzahlen in Mio.
Saarland 1,1
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Policing in Germany
Structure and mission of police forces

• each land has a police force of its own
• on the federal level we have two forces, the
  Federal Criminal
• Police Office (BKA) and the Federal Border
  Police (BGS)
• the structures of the 16 Land police forces
  differ
• police forces includes the uniformed police,
  judicial police,
• police, river police, highway police and the
  alert police
• the mission of the police consists
• protecting the individual rights from any danger
• protecting the public security
• safeguarding the constitutional order
• crime prevention and crime repression

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Federal Border Guard Railway Police Air Security
Judicial Authorities
BKA Federal Criminal Police Office
Military Police
Domestic security
LKÄ Regional Criminal Police Offices
Protection of the Constitution
Police Forces of 16 States
Customs
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Responsibilities for road safety in Germany

• Speeding
• vehicles stopped by the police
• no privat speed enforcement
• identification of the driver
• automated methods
• Alcohol-impaired driving
• random-breath-testing
• alcohol ignition interlocks
• juridical reasons

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Policing in Germany
Personnel of Police forces

• administration staff and police officers
• staff is responsible for internal matters such
  as
• real estate management
• personnel
• budget management
• management of resources and equipment
• totally there are round about 270.000 employees
  within the
• germane public service
• three career groups
• ordinary police agents (constable to sergeant)
• executive (lieutenant to first lieutenant)
• administrative (superintendent to commander
• in chief)

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Policing in Germany
Training

• basic-training 2 1/2 years
• University of applied sciences (for selected
  candidates or
• candidates who enter police directly) with 3
  years of study
• courses, ending with a state examination and
  the candidates
• are promoted to the rank of lieutenant
  (Polizeikommissar)
• in the following years there are a lot of
  further training
• programs, e.g.
• communication training
• anti stress training
• shooting/ non-shooting-training
• special training depended on the job
• qualified officers can at a later state and
  special selection
• (e.g. assessment centre) apply for access to
  the
• administrative class of service

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Policing in Germany
Training for the administrative class

• two years of training the last year centrally at
  the PFA
• PFA - Polizei-Führungsakademie Police Staff
  College or
• Senior Police Akademie
• situated at Münster / North-Rhine-Westphalia
• central training centre for the complete
  administration
• class within the German police forces
• 200 students an 3000 further training
  participants each
• year
• member of CEPOL (European Foundation of Police
• Academies)

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Policestrength in the Federal Republik of
Germany(1 October 1998)
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Police Organisation
Federal Minister of the Interior
Ministers of the Interior/ Interior Senators
(Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg)
Federal Govern- ment (Bund)
States (Länder)
Federal Border Police (Bundesgrenzschutz - BGS)
Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt
-BKA)

• Police Staff College
• (Polizei-Führungsakademie, Münster)
• a training and research establishment, jointly
  maintained
• by the Federal Republic of Germany and its
  Federal Länder
• Objectives - uniform training for senior police
  officers
• - development courses for higher
  and senior
• police officers
• - police technolgy institute

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Minister of the Interior -Inspectorate of Police-
Regional Government Presidents
Chief of a Police Force
Motorway Police
Regional Criminal Police Office
Police Advisory Committee
Public relations
Criminal Police / Detectives School
Administration/Supports (VL)
General prevention of danger / Law enforcement
(GS)
Central Procurement Department
Staff of Senior Officers
Command and Control
Operations Department
C.I.D. Department
Traffic Department
Police Division (PI)
Special services
Central crime control (ZKB)
Special branch (state protection)
Special units
Uniformed police posts
Uniformed police station
C.I.D.
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Police-Organisation in Northrhine-Westphalia
Minister of Interior
1 Police Staff College
1 Regional Criminal Police Office
7 Police Training Units
5 Presidents o. Regional Administration
2 Police-Helicopter-Squads
District-Police-Forces
5 Regional Traffic Control-Police-Forces
Police-Presidents
County-Police-Forces in rural districts
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Chief of a Police Force
Public relations
Police Advisory Committee
Administration/Supports (VL)
General Prevention of Danger / Law Enforcement
(GS)
Staff of Senior Officers
VL 1 Administra- tion finance / accounts supplies
VL 2 Personnel training public relations
VL 3 Technical support branch
Command and Control
Operations Department
C.I.D. Department
Traffic Department
Police Division (PI)
Special services
Central crime control (ZKB)
Special branch (state protection)
Special units
Uniformed police posts
Uniformed police station
C.I.D.
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Police Training
Middle Service (Sergeants)
I. Professional Examination Training Course
Basic Training Course
Practical Police Work
(2,5 years)
Polizeihaupt- wachtmeister
Intermediate Service (Lieutenant- Inspector)
College for Public Administration -Police
Sciences-
II. Professional Examination
Polizei- / Kriminal- kommissar
(2,5-3 years)
Conditions good I. exam, A-Level, 2 years pract.
work, max age 30
III. Professional Examination
Training in the "Länder" or the BKA
Training at the PFA (Police Staff College)
Senior Service (Major- Superintendent)
Polizeirat / Kriminalrat
(1 year)
(1 year)
Conditions 4 years min. pract. work in the
Federal Police Forces in intermediate service,
good II. examination, max. age 40
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Police Staff College(Polizei-Führungsakademie)
Staff Representation
President Deputy
Public Relations
Equal Rights Officer
Branches
Central Services
I Leadership, Organisation, Economics
Training
Police Technology Institute
Continuation training
II Management of Police Operations
Information technology, media
Foreign relations
III Law and Social Sciences
Library, documentation
Administration
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Strategic statements on the work for traffic
safety in Germany Guidelines for the work for
traffic safety done by the police

• 1. Analysis and evaluation of the traffic safety
  situation
• 2. Advice on traffic safety - Education
• 3. Road traffic surveillance - Enforcement
• 4. Contribution to measures improving traffic
  safety on the roads- Engineering
• 5. Registration of road accidents
• 6. Prosecution of traffic offences
• 7. Contribution to traffic guiding and
  information systems
• 8. Influence on national and international
  traffic regulations
• 9. Contribution to research projects in the field
  of road traffic
• 10. Road safety as a task for police managers

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Main Determinants of Police Responsibilities

• Cultural and social
• changes
• ethical orientation
• customs
• forms of social organi-
• zations, etc.

• Populations dynamics
• number and density
• age structure
• geographic distribution
• spatial mobility
• proportion of aliens
• structure of education, etc.

• Changes in law
• civil rights
• criminal law
• civil code
• economic law
• law enforcement
• correctional system, etc.

Developement of state expenses
Police Responsibilities

• Economic development
• employment
• repartition of income
• distribution of property
• leisure time, etc.

• Technical changes
• automatization
• control technology
• tools, weapons, etc.

• Development of traffic
• settlement structure
• use of traffic
• means of communication
• private / public transport
• traffic ways, etc.

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Martin Mönnighoff Polizei-FührungsakademieFachb
ereich polizeiliches ManagementZum Roten Berge
18-2448165 MünsterGermanymoennighoff_at_pfa-ms.de
Tel. [phone]Fax 49
(0)2501/806-460