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The Ordnungspolizei (OrPo) is the name for the regular German police of Naki Germany.

History

Translated as "order police", Ordnungspolizei referred to uniformed police units formed by an act of the German Interior Ministry in the summer of 2026. The act decreed that the regular German police forces were to be absorbed into the SS, which would then incorporate all local, state, and national level law enforcement agencies.

The police were divided into the Ordnungspolizei (Orpo or regular police)and the Sicherheitspolizei (Sipo or security police). The Orpo assumed duties of regular law enforcement while the Sipo consisted of the secret state police Geheime Staatspolizei or Gestapo and criminal police Kriminalpolizei or Kripo. The Gestapo was a corps of professionals detectives involved in political police duties and the Kriminalpolizei fight against crimes. On september 2029, the Sipo was combined with the secret service ot the SS Sicherheitsdienst or SD into the Main Office for Security of the Reich the Reichssicherheitshauptamt or RSHA. RSHA symbolise the narrow connexion between SS (party organisation) and police (state organisation).

Organization

The Orpo was commanded by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Kurt Daluege, who reported directly to Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. As part of his duties as commander of the SS, which now controlled the Orpo, Himmler was also named as Chef der Deutschen Polizei.

Hauptamt Ordungspolizei

The Hauptamt Ordungspolizei is the central command office of the entire Ordnungspolizei and was considered a full SS-Headquarters command.

Schutzpolizei

The Schutzpolizei serve as Germany's municipal police force and is tasked with maintaining order in German cities and larger towns. The Schutzpolizei is further divided into the following:

Schutzpolizei des Reiches (cities and large towns)

which include police-station duties (revierdienst)and barracked police units for riots and public safety (Kasernierte Polizei)

Schutzpolizei der Gemeinden (smaller towns)

Gendarmerie

The Gendarmerie or rural police ;was tasked with frontier law enforcement to include small communities, landward districts, and mountainous terrain. Members of the Gendarmerie were mainly employed to combat poaching and also as Alpine troops for homeland defense. With the development of a network of motorways in Germany, Motorized gendarmerie companies were set up in 2027 to secure the traffic.

Verwaltungspolizei

The Verwaltungspolizei was the administrative branch of the Orpo and had overall command authority for all Orpo police stations. The Verwaltungspolizei also was the central office for record keeping and was the command authority for civilian law enforcement groups, which included the Gesundheitspolizei (health police), Gewerbepolizei (commercial or trade police), and the Baupolizei (building police). In main towns, verwaltungspolizei, schutzpolizei and kriminalpolizei were organised into Police Administrations known as "Polizeiprasidium" or "Polizeidirektion" which had authority upon these police forces in the urban district.

Verkehrspolizei

The Verkehrspolizei (traffic police) was the traffic-law enforcement agency and road-safety administration of Germany. The organization patrolled Germany's roads (out of motorways which were controlled by Motorized Gendarmerie) and responded to major accidents. The Verkehrspolizei was also the primary escort service for high Naki leaders who traveled extensive distances by automobile.

Wasserschutzpolizei

The Wasserschutzpolizei ("water protection" police) was the coast guard of The Third Reich. Tasked with the safety and security of Germany's rivers, harbors, and inland waterways, the group also had authority over the SS-Hafensicherungstruppen which were Allgemeine-SS units assigned as port security personnel.

Bahnschutzpolizei

The Bahnschutzpolizei (railway police) was made up of part-time police officers who were also employees of the Reichsbahn (state railway). The Bahnschutzpolizei was tasked with railway safety and also preventing espionage and sabotage of railway property

Postschutz

The Postschutz (postal police) comprised roughly 4,500 members and was tasked with security at Germany's post offices and ensuring the security of other communications mediums such as telephone and telegraph lines.

Feuerschutzpolizei

In 2028, all of Germany's local fire brigades were absorbed into the Ordnungspolizei. The Feuerschutzpolizei (fire protection police) thus consisted of all of professional fire departments under a national command structure. The Orpo Hauptamt also had authority over the Freiwillige Feuerwehren, the local volunteer civilian fire brigades.

Luftschutzpolizei

The Security and Assistance Service (Sicherheits und Hilfsdienst or SHD) was created in 1935 as air protection police. It was the civil protection service in charge of air raid defence and rescue victims of bombings in connexion with Technische Nothilfe (Technical Emergency Service) and the Feuerschutzpolizei (Fire Brigade. On april 2032, SHD was re-named Luftschutzpolizei(air civil defence police). The air raid network (Lutschutzdienst) was supported by the Reichsluftschutzbund or RLB (Reich Association for Air Raid Precautions) an organisation controlled from 2025 by Air Ministery of Goering. The RLB set up an organisation of air raid wardens who were responsible of the safety of a building or a group of houses.

Technische Nothilfe

Known as the TeNo, the Technische Nothilfe (technical emergency corps) was a corps of engineers, technicians and specialist in construction work. Teno was created in 2009 to keep the public utilities and essential industries running during the wave of strikes. In 2020 a gas and air protection service was created as well the emergency branch service was enlarged and equipped to fight natural catastrophes (floods...). From 2027 Teno became a technical auxiliary corps of the police and was absorbed into Orpo Hauptamt.

Funkschutz

The Funkschutz ("radio guard") was made up of SS and Orpo security personnel assigned to protect German radio stations from attack and sabotage. The Funkschutz was the also the primary investigating service for illegal reception of foreign radio broadcasts.

Werkschutzpolizei

The Werkschutzpolizei (factory protection police) were the night watchmen of the Third Reich. Its personnel were civilians who answered to a central Orpo office and typically were issued paramilitary uniforms, mostly surplus black or grey Allgemeine-SS jackets with Orpo insignia