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to all towns with less than 5,000 residents, but it did not take place except to a very limited extent. In 1942 municipal police departments existed in 1,338 municipalities with more than 5,000 residents. Of these, five had more than 100,000 residents; 22 had 50–100,00, 591 had 10–50,000, and 720 had
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was both police commissioner and head of the district police administration. As such he was subordinated to the
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presence, had to have a municipal police department. In municipalities with less than 2,000 residents, the
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68:State protection police
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81:5–10,000 residents.
131:Regierungspräsident
107:police commissioner
93:Vehicle flag for a
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