General recruitment requirements are:

• White waistcoat: no conflict with the law
• Loyalty to the constitution: commitment to the free and democratic basic order
• german nationality (exceptions are possible for non-German nationals)
• Minimum height: 1.60 metres (exceptions are possible if physically fit)
• physical fitness
• BMI (body mass index): between 18 and 27.5

If you do not have German citizenship, an application is possible under the following conditions:

• You speak and write your native language
• You have a permanent settlement permit or an EU permanent residence permit
• You have been legally resident in Germany for at least eight years
• You are a citizen of a member state of the European Union, as well as of Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Israel, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine.

Different recruitment requirements apply for entry into the intermediate or higher police service:

Intermediate police service:

• at least an intermediate educational qualification (intermediate school leaving certificate or an intermediate educational qualification recognised as equivalent) ,
• higher educational qualification (entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences, Abitur or an educational qualification recognised as equivalent), no minimum grade point average
  
• Hiring age: 16.5 to 32 years (exceptions are possible)
• in principle, possession of driving licence category B
  Proof is provided by the driving licence or the test certificate for "accompanied driving from 17"

Senior police officer:

• higher educational qualification (Abitur or Fachhochschulreife, or an educational qualification recognised as equivalent) ,
• Recruitment age: maximum 33 years (exceptions are possible)
• in principle, possession of driving licence category B
  Proof is provided by the driving licence or the test certificate for "accompanied driving from 17".