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DEVELOPMENT, DUTIES, ORGANIZATION, AND TRAINING OF THE SPECIAL WEST GERMAN FEDERAL-LEVEL ANTI-TERRORIST POLICE UNIT

NCJ Number
36671
Journal
Kriminalist Volume: 8 Issue: 8 Dated: (AUGUST 1976) Pages: 439-448
Author(s)
R DIETRICH
Date Published
1976
Length
10 pages
Annotation
INCLUDED IS AN OUTLINE OF AUTHORIZED POLICE POWERS, LEGAL LIMITATIONS, AND EQUIPMENT OF THE UNIT, WHICH HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1972.
Abstract
THE CREATION OF SUCH UNITS PRESENTS A PROBLEM IN WEST GERMANY SINCE THE CONSTITUTION RESERVES MOST POLICE POWERS AND FUNCTIONS TO THE STATES WITHIN THE COUNTRY'S FEDERAL SYSTEM. --IN GERMAN