Thibaw posted:

The BKA(Bundeskriminalamt)

Tasks:

- Coordination of Crimefighting on national and international Level by providing a hub for information exchange and a central authority for criminal investigation departments

- Support for the Bundesländer with the prevention and prosecution of crimes happening on national level, or of crimes of major significance.

- Research and Development of new crime fighting techniques

- Interface between national and foreign police forces.

- Protectiong Members of the Constituional institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany (for example the bodyguards of the chancellor are BKA agents)

Ranks:

Kriminalkommissar – KK
Kriminaloberkommissar – KOK
Kriminalhauptkommissar – KHK
Erster Kriminalhauptkommissar – EKHK
Kriminalrat – KR
Kriminaloberrat – KOR
Kriminaldirektor – KD
Leitender Kriminaldirektor – LKD

For higher ranks it is less likely to see any action. If your ficitonal character has an university degree, he is probably Kriminalrat or Kriminaloberrat. Without degree is is probably Kriminalkommisar or Kriminaloberkommisar.

Weapons/Equipment:

A wide variety, they adapt to the requirements. Your fictional character can pick whatever he wants. SIG 226, SIG 228, SIG 239 Walther P99, H&K P10, H&K USP, Glock 17 are reasonable choices for example. Just dont pick a large calibre and stay away from guns with small ammo count.

Cases:

A recent case is the arrest of the so called "Sauerland-Zelle" a group of islamic terrorists that wanted to produce significant amounts of TATP and use it for bombings. However, the BKA got notice of their plans very early and observed them for quite a long time. After the terrorists had acquired significant quantities of H202, the BKA agents secretly replaced the chemicals with normal water to reduce the threat. The trial is taking place at the moment.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,504837,00.html