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Federal Police (Austria)
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The Federal Police (Austrian German: Bundespolizei, pronounced [ˈbʊndəspoliˌtsaɪ] ⓘ) is the national and principal law enforcement agency of Austria. The Federal Police was formed in July 2005 as one formal unit of police. In 2005, the Federal Police replaced the Austrian Federal Gendarmerie, which policed most of the country, and the Polizei which policed Austria’s major urban centres such as Vienna, Salzburg and Graz.[1] The Federal Police also serves as Austria’s border control agency.[2] The Federal Police works in partnership with the 19 municipal police agencies and other law enforcement agencies in Austria.
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History
In October 2021, the FP unveiled the Schnelle Interventionsgruppe (SIG) or the Rapid Intervention Group as a response to concerns that police response to serious incidents cannot be mobilized on time.[3] The SIG was deployed in various cities in Austria.[3] The SIG is under the Schnellen Reaktionskräfte (SRK) or Rapid Reaction Force with the Bereitschaftseinheit (BE) or the Standby Unit.[4]
Command structure
The Federal Police is commanded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Federal Minister of the Interior is the highest law enforcement authority. The Provincial Police Directorates - established as federal authorities in the provinces - are subordinate to the Federal Minister. District administrative authorities (i.e. authorities established in the provinces for indirect federal administration) are subordinate to the Provincial Police Directorates. There are nine separate provincial police directorates which correspond to the nine provinces of Austria:
- Vienna
- Styria
- Carinthia
- Salzburg
- Lower Austria
- Upper Austria
- Vorarlberg
- Tyrol
- Burgenland
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Dependent on the division, the districts and cities are controlled by either a District Police Command or a City Police Command. These commands then operate through several police stations throughout the state.
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Equipment
Officers are also equipped with batons and pepper spray for use as a less lethal option.[5]
Ranks and rank insignia
- Commissioners
 Austrian Federal Police[6] |
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| Generaldirektor für die öffentliche Sicherheit | Landespolizei- Direktor |
Landespolizei- Direktor-Stellvertreter |
Abteilungsleiter Landespolizei- direktion |
Stadthauptmann | |
| Commissioner general of public security | State commissioner | Deputy state commissioner | Assistant state commissioner | City police commissioner | |
- Leading officers
- Supervising officers and police officers
- Rank insignia of Legal officers
Hofrat
Senior Principal Legal Officer
Oberrat
Principal Legal Officer
Rat
Senior Legal Officer
Kommissär
Legal Officer
- Rank insignia of Police surgeons
Historical ranks
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See also
References
External links
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