The Federation of German Detectives[1] (German: Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter; BDK) is a professional association of criminal police officers in Germany.

It was founded on 28 September in 1968[2] and represents about 15,000 people[3] working in criminal investigation.

The BDK cooperates with various national and international organizations such as Conseil Européen des Syndicats de Police (CESP)[4] or Transparency International.

[5] Since the founding there were the following chairpersons:[6]