What Polizei Frankfurt am Main does

Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt am Main (PP Frankfurt) is a regional police headquarters of the Hessian State Police (Polizei Hessen) and a government state entity under the Hessian Ministry of Interior and Sport. It is the primary law enforcement authority for Frankfurt am Main, surrounding autobahns, Frankfurt Airport, and parts of Kreis Groß-Gerau and Offenbach. The organization is led by Police President Stefan Müller and operates through four territorial directorates (Nord, Mitte, Süd, Flughafen) plus the Direktion Sonderdienste and Direktion Verkehrsüberwachung, with the Criminal Police Directorate being the largest unit at approximately 900 employees across six inspectorates and a leadership group.

Core services include 24/7 emergency response via the Notruf 110 hotline, digital crime reporting through the Onlinewache, criminal investigation, traffic monitoring, video surveillance, wanted persons searches, and crime prevention programs including the 'Gemeinsam Sicher in Hessen' community policing initiative. Operational technology consists of traffic monitoring systems, criminal investigation tools, and public video surveillance infrastructure, with the organization also maintaining dedicated service mobile devices ('Diensthandy') and modern patrol vehicles. Service delivery is multi-channel: physical police stations, emergency telephone, an online police station, and mobile patrol units including vehicles, boats, and helicopters.

As a public sector law enforcement agency, PP Frankfurt does not operate a commercial business model. Services are funded through state government taxation and are provided free at point of use to residents, visitors, and businesses within its jurisdiction. The organization has no shareholders, investors, or venture capital relationships, and traditional revenue, pricing, or GTM mechanics are not applicable. A new internet presence is planned for 2025 as part of broader digital modernization across the Hessian Police.

Name

Polizei Frankfurt am Main

Legal name

Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt am Main

Website

https://ppffm.polizei.hessen.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt am Main is a regional police headquarters of the Hessian State Police providing 24/7 law enforcement, criminal investigation, traffic monitoring, and emergency response to Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt Airport, and surrounding areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Law Enforcement and Public Safety

NAICS

Police Protection (922120)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

State/Provincial Public Safety & Emergency Management (Police, Fire, EMS Oversight) (BPAIABAG)

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• Public safety operations
• Crime prevention programs
• Emergency response services
• Criminal investigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt am Main

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Polizei Frankfurt am Main (Polizeipräsidium Frankfurt am Main) is a regional police headquarters of the Hessian State Police that delivers public safety services across Frankfurt am Main, surrounding autobahns, Frankfurt Airport, and parts of Kreis Groß-Gerau and Offenbach. Its core services include 24/7 emergency response via Notruf 110, criminal investigation through the Kriminalpolizei directorate, area-based policing via four territorial directorates (Nord, Mitte, Süd, Flughafen), traffic monitoring, public video surveillance, and crime prevention programs. All services are funded through state taxation and provided free at the point of use to the general public.

Product overview

Polizei Frankfurt am Main is a government law enforcement agency, not a technology product company. Its services consist of police operations including criminal investigation (Kriminalpolizei), patrol and emergency response (Direktionen with Nord/Mitte/Süd/Flughafen/Sonderdienste/Verkehrsüberwachung), online police services (Onlinewache), video surveillance, crime prevention programs, and wanted persons searches. The organization is led by Police President Stefan Müller and serves Frankfurt am Main, surrounding autobahns, Frankfurt Airport, and parts of Kreis Groß-Gerau and Offenbach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Notruf 110 Emergency Response 24/7 emergency telephone service for immediate police response available to residents, visitors, and businesses within the Frankfurt am Main jurisdiction.
• Onlinewache (Online Police Station) Digital platform enabling citizens to submit non-emergency crime reports and service requests online at any time, reducing the need for in-person police station visits.
• Prävention (Crime Prevention Programs) Crime prevention services including the 'Gemeinsam Sicher in Hessen' community policing initiative, counseling, prevention offerings for municipalities, and programs targeted at children and youth.
• Fahndungen (Wanted Persons and Property Searches) Public search service publishing Personenfahndungen (wanted persons) and Sachfahndungen (missing/wanted property) to support investigations and public assistance.
• Verkehrsmeldungen (Traffic Information Service) Public traffic reporting and monitoring service providing real-time information on accidents, congestion, road closures, construction, and weather-related disruptions across the Frankfurt jurisdiction.
• Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Investigation Services) Specialized criminal investigation directorate with approximately 900 employees across six inspection units, providing investigative services for serious and complex crimes within the Frankfurt jurisdiction.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Polizeipräsidium Stuttgart: Police HQ for Stuttgart and the surrounding area within Baden-Württemberg, structurally identical (territorial + special-services directorates) and operationally similar to PP Frankfurt.
• Polizeipräsidium München: Regional police headquarters for Munich within the Bavarian State Police, mirroring PP Frankfurt's role as a major-city state Polizeipräsidium with airport and major-event responsibilities; structurally and functionally the closest German analogue.
• Polizeipräsidium Köln: NRW regional police HQ serving Cologne, a major Rhineland city; shares Frankfurt's urban Polizeipräsidium structure and operates against comparable organised-crime and major-event demands.
• Polizei Hamburg: Hamburg's state police force, a city-state policing model covering a major port, financial centre and high-volume airport — directly parallel to Frankfurt's metropolitan, airport and international-crime profile.
• Hessisches Landeskriminalamt: The Hessian state office of criminal investigation; closely mirrors PP Frankfurt's Kriminalpolizei directorate (~900 staff, six inspections) at state level, with overlapping casework on serious, organised and cross-border crime.
• Polizeipräsidium Nordhessen: Sister Hessian Polizeipräsidium covering northern Hessen; shares the same parent (Polizei Hessen), the same legal framework and the same back-office support, making it the most procedurally identical peer.
• Polizei Berlin: State-level police authority for Berlin as a city-state, comparable in running a single city-wide force with international-crime, protest-policing and counter-terrorism mandates similar to Frankfurt's.

Broad incumbents

• New York City Police Department: Large U.S. municipal police force with primary responsibility for a global financial centre and major international airports (JFK, LaGuardia); a frequently cited international benchmark for major-metro policing at scale.
• Metropolitan Police Service: Lead UK police force for Greater London — a major international financial centre with an embedded major airport (Heathrow), making it the closest international analogue to Frankfurt's jurisdiction profile.
• Bundeskriminalamt (BKA): Germany's federal criminal police office, sitting above state PP bodies; comparable only at the broader-incumbent layer, but shares Frankfurt-relevant mandates in counter-terrorism, organised crime and cybercrime.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/polizei_ffm
• Facebookfacebook.com/PolizeiFrankfurt
• Instagraminstagram.com/polizei_ffm/?hl=de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/polizeifrankfurt

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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