- Bahnpolizei
"Bahnpolizei" is the term in
Germany ,Austria and the German-speaking parts ofSwitzerland for theRailway police .Germany
"Bahnpolizei" was the name of the former
Railway police of WestGermany and fell under the jurisdiction of the "Deutsche Bundesbahn " federal railway company. "Bahnpolizei" officers investigated trespassing on rail property, assaults against passengers, terrorism threats targeting the railway, arson, tagging of graffiti on railroad rolling stock or buildings, signal vandalism, pickpocketing, ticket fraud, robbery and theft of personal belongings, baggage or freight. They also investigated train/vehicle collisions and hazardous materials releases.When the "Deutsche Bundesbahn" was privatised in 1990, the "Bahnpolizei" was merged with the "
Bundesgrenzschutz " Federal Border Guard Force because it could not be part of a private company. The "Bundesgrenzschutz" was renamed "Bundespolizei " (Federal Police) on July 1, 2005, and this force is currently responsible for security and passenger checks on the German railway system.witzerland
Switzerland never had a separate transport police because all rail employees had limited police authority. However, due to the introduction of trains with no conductors in the late 1990s, crime in trains increased and the
SBB-CFF-FFS rail company trained "Bahnpolizei" officers for its driver-only commuter trains. In 2002 the SBB-CFF-FFS merged its "Bahnpolizei" force with the private security companySecuritas AG and the resulting Securitrans is now the force that protects Switzerland's trains, passengers, rail property and rail workers.External links
* [http://www.bundespolizei.de/cln_029/DE/Home/home__node.html__nnn=true Bundespolizei home page (in German)]
* [http://www.bundespolizei.de/cln_029/nn_484498/DE/Home/06__Presse/Infobroschuere__down,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Infobroschuere_down.pdf Information brochure about the "Bundespolizei" (in German and English)]
* [http://www.bahnpolizei.ch/bapo_e.asp Swiss rail police homepage in English]
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