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police station
A local police office responsible for a specific geographic area. The term refers both to the organizational unit and to the building itself.
Nach dem Diebstahl erstattete er Anzeige bei der zuständigen Polizeiinspektion.
After the theft, he filed a report at the responsible police station.
The word is made up of 'Polizei' (police) and 'Inspektion' (inspection / inspectorate). Here, 'Inspektion' is an official term for a particular type of office or department.
Die Polizeiinspektion ist für den gesamten Stadtbezirk zuständig.
The police station is responsible for the entire city district.
You go 'zur Polizeiinspektion' (to the police station). If you are there to carry out an official action (e.g. make a statement), people often say 'auf der Polizeiinspektion' (at the police station). If you are simply inside the building, 'in der Polizeiinspektion' (in the police station) is common.
Er musste zur Polizeiinspektion, um den Zeugenfragebogen abzugeben.
He had to go to the police station to hand in the witness questionnaire.
Typical verbs and expressions connected with a police station are 'Anzeige erstatten' (to file a report), 'eine Aussage machen' (to make a statement), or 'sich melden' (to report in / come forward).
Man kann eine Anzeige bei jeder Polizeiinspektion erstatten.
You can file a report at any police station.
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Polizeirevier and Polizeiinspektion can both refer to a local police office and its building. Polizeirevier is a general term for the office responsible for an area; Polizeiinspektion can specifically refer to the organizational unit or its building. In official names, the choice depends on the particular office.
Die örtliche Polizeiinspektion ist für drei Gemeinden zuständig.
The local police station is responsible for three municipalities.
Ich gab die gefundene Geldbörse im örtlichen Polizeirevier ab.
I handed in the wallet I had found at the local police station.
