In Germany, police officers are public officials (Beamte), and public officials are generally not allowed to make any political statements in office or in the n

In Germany, police officers are public officials (Beamte), and public officials are generally not allowed to make any political statements in office or in the name of their office, because they are by law required to serve "the people" as a whole, and not, for example, a political party or some political agenda [0]. They are allowed to do that privately, of course. However, the general influence of police forces on politics is low to zero here. A local police officer (for example, in a small town / village) doing local politics would seem quite strange. There is of course some influence of police unions on the departments of interior of the states (Länder) and the federal government (Bund), but this is more like an employee complaining to their superior about low-level problems that could be fixed by legislative changes. It is almost never done publicly. > Some of the unions have been known to openly attack with billboards, having squad cars follow, and more, candidates who seek to reform policing and pension benefits; benefits which are excessive on any level of sane measurement. If something like that (police cars enforcing a political agenda) would happen here it would almost certainly be national news instantly, and the officers would most certainly (and rightfully so) loose their jobs. We had some bad experience with stuff like that not too long ago :) [0] https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bbg_2009/__60.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bbg_2009/__60.html