Career Brackets
In general, the German law enforcement authorities of today have personnel of three available career brackets, the lowest being the "Mittlerer Dienst", followed by the so-called "gehobener Dienst" and the "Höherer Dienst". Only the Federal Custom (Bundeszollverwaltung) and the Departments of Justice and Corrections of the states still have personnel of the very lowest career bracket "Einfacher Dienst". To understand this structure it may be helpful to compare it with military rank structures, because decades ago it was really similar. Einfacher Dienst = Soldiers, mittlerer Dienst = NCOs, gehobener Dienst = COs, höherer Dienst = Staff Officers (Major and up).
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