Yes, German police carry weapons.
Germany's secret police were the "SS". 2nd world war Germany's secret police was " Gestapo " you can pronounce like gastapo.
to arm there selves if they need to use it and to have the advantage
The Gestapo
if a police dog attacks you, it bites the arm,breaks it and hangs on your arm like a 100 poind weight ,and it will just hold you until the cops get to you,
The Gestapo (State Police) .
When a police officer is using his right arm to spray pepper, this does no involve the use of an electromagnetic wave.
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State Police)
S.S.
Once hitler made germany a 1 party country , He made the german states controlled by the secrete police (The Gestapo)
the legislative arm of government and the executive arm of government
The proper noun is from the German, "Gestapo" (from Geheime Staatspolizei, Secret State Police), the covert police agency of Nazi Germany, or Third Reich (1933-1945).
GeStaPo (Geheime Staatspolizei -> Secret State Police)