> The voluntary police service has existed in Baden-Württemberg since 1963. It currently consists of 576 (as of June 30, 2020) citizens who, through their voluntary work, support the police enforcement service in the protection of events and in the area of prevention, among other things.
> The police volunteers have the position of a police officer within the meaning of the Police Act and therefore generally wear uniform. Since they too can come into the position of having to protect their own life or the life of another, they are equipped with a pistol and other means of coercion.
> The decision of the previous state government in 2011 to terminate the voluntary police service is being corrected by the incumbent state government.
Baden-Wuerttemberg does have a voluntary police, but they are no longer accepting candidates since 2011.
https://im.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/sicherheit/polizei/motiv...
> The voluntary police service has existed in Baden-Württemberg since 1963. It currently consists of 576 (as of June 30, 2020) citizens who, through their voluntary work, support the police enforcement service in the protection of events and in the area of prevention, among other things.
> The police volunteers have the position of a police officer within the meaning of the Police Act and therefore generally wear uniform. Since they too can come into the position of having to protect their own life or the life of another, they are equipped with a pistol and other means of coercion.
> The decision of the previous state government in 2011 to terminate the voluntary police service is being corrected by the incumbent state government.
TIL: Other states do have this as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiwilliger_Polizeidienst