What is "gemeindepolizei"

Gemeindepolizei'' (GemPo''), is the German name for a municipal law enforcement agency. This article deals with the municipal police forces of Nazi Germany. Municipalities with more than 2,000 residents, not having a State police presence, had to have a municipal police department. The Mayors were police commissioners. Under them the municipal police departments were led by professional chiefs of police. Towns with over 10,000 resident having a municipal police department were also obliged to have a municipal criminal investigation division.