Germany: (1) Baden-W?rttemberg: Founded in May 1963, the Baden-Wrttemberg auxiliary police (Freiwilliger Polizeidienst Baden-Wrttemberg) today consists of 1,201 members. The officers are obliged to absolve a training of two weeks after which they are usually in service with a regular police officer. In the eyes of law, they are fully authorised police officers, wear normal police uniforms with a certain patch and complete police gear, including a sidearm. Though, the coalition contract of 2011-2016 between the governing political parties B?ndnis 90/Die Grnen and the SPD seeks the abolishment of the auxiliary police and the financial supply as well as the instatement of new auxiliary officers was immediately stopped