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The Hessian Criminal Investigation Office (LKA) maintains a comprehensive weapon collection of around 5,000 items. These weapons serve multiple purposes, including work, comparison, and teaching-related functions. The range of arms includes firearms, edged and blunt weapons like knives and clubs, as well as accessories.
According to a spokesperson from the LKA, located in Wiesbaden, these comparison objects help identify weapons models seen in secured or even just photographed weapons or weapon parts. They also aid in detecting potential manipulation by directly comparing collection items with secured weapons.
In some incidents, weapons from the collection are employed to fire incomplete weapons, which is part of the investigation process. The collection also aids in training law enforcement agents and supporting authorities during sting operations.
The LKA added that the bulk of these weapons originates from seizures. Weapons not suitable for the collection are sent to the Hessian Police Headquarters for Technology (HPT), leading to either their destruction or transfer to other law enforcement agencies or weapon collections.
Since its inception in 2019, the Hessian weapon collection has seen 1,163 items either destroyed or transferred, while the HPT destroyed or dispatched more than 3,000 weapons—primarily from seizures.
Throughout Germany, criminal investigators possess extensive weapon collections containing thousands of weapons and vast amounts of ammunition. The size and purpose of these collections vary significantly across the federal states. Recently, the Interior Ministry in Saxony-Anhalt reported errors in the acceptance of weapons and ammunition into the comparison weapon collection at the LKA there starting from 2019.
