It is subordinated to the Saar Ministry of the Interior, Urban Development and Sports.

The Police in Saarland are responsible for averting dangers to Public Order and Safety, and to aid and notify Authorities tasked with Public Safety if necessary, as well as to determine and investigate misdemeanors.

[4] Part of averting dangers to Public Safety is responding to Emergencies.

[6] The Saar Police have been using a blue uniform since 2014, which is shared with Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse.

Officers of the Criminal Investigation Police do not wear Uniforms, thus there are no Insignias designed for them.

Within the ranking system, their titles differ from those of the Schutzpolizei, as the prefix Polizei- is changed to Kriminal-.

Laufbahngruppe 2.1 (gehobener Dienst) Laufbahngruppe 2.2 (höherer Dienst) Aspiring Police Officers of the Saar State Police bear the title of Polizeikommissaranwärter, or Kriminalkommissaranwärter during three years of training.

Part of the training is made up by studying at the Fachhochschule für Verwaltung des Saarlandes (University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration of the Saarland) in Göttelborn, where Polizeikommissaranwärter receive theoretical training through university education.

[13] Practical training is provided by a specified time of training-on-the-job at Departments within Saarland.

[14] After three years of training, the Aspiring Police officers are promoted to the rank of Kriminal- or Polizeikommissar.