Federal Police (Austria)
Federal Police Bundespolizei | |
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Agency overview | |
Formed | 1 July 2005 |
Employees | 30,900 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Austria |
Governing body | Directorate General for Public Security |
General nature | |
Facilities | |
Stations | 1000+ |
Website | |
bmi.gv.at |
The Federal Police (
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. They are as follows:
- Vienna
- Styria
- Carinthia
- Salzburg
- Lower Austria
- Upper Austria
- Vorarlberg
- Tyrol
- Burgenland
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.
Equipment
The standard issue sidearm of the Austrian Federal Police officers is the
Vehicles
Ground vehicles
The ground vehicles currently used by the Federal Police include:
- Volkswagen Sharan
- Volkswagen Touran
- Volkswagen Passat
- Audi A6
- estate
- Volkswagen Multivan
- Škoda Kodiaq
- Volkswagen Amarok
- Volkswagen Touareg
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
- Mercedes-Benz B180
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class
- Ford Transit
- Škoda Octavia
- Nissan Pathfinder
- Mercedes-Benz O303
- BMW R 1200 RT
- Ducati Multistrada
- Sonderwagen 4
The Federal Police experimented with a Porsche 911 in order to crack down on motorway speeding. After a six-month test phase, the Federal Police decided not to order more 911s due to fact that there was not sufficient storage space for their equipment and the high-cost of the vehicles.[4]
Aircraft[5]
Aircraft currently used by the Federal Police include:
- 7 Eurocopter EC135
- 1 Bell 206
- 4 Ecureuil AS 350 B1
- 2 Ecureuil AS 355 F2
- 2 Ecureuil AS 355 N
Ranks and rank insignia
- Commissioners
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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
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General Inspector general |
Generalmajor Deputy inspector general |
Brigadier Assistant inspector general |
Oberst Chief superintendent |
Oberstleutnant Superintendent |
Major Deputy superintendent |
Hauptmann Assistant superintendent |
Oberleutnant Divisional superintendent |
Leutnant Divisional assistant superintendent |
- Supervising officers and police officers
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Chefinspektor (Fgrp 7) Senior chief inspector |
Chefinspektor (Fgrp 6) Chief inspector |
Kontrollinspektor Divisional inspector |
Abteilungs- inspektor Sub-divisional inspector |
Bezirksinspektor' Station sergeant |
Gruppeninspektor (E2a) Sergeant |
Gruppeninspektor Sergeant Not in line of promotion |
Revierinspektor Senior constable
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Inspektor Constable |
Inspektor GFP Border guard constable
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Aspirant Probationary constable
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Historical ranks
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Ranks of the Federal Police guard body[8]
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Ranks for legal and police medical services and other uniformed staff[8]
See also
References
- ^ "OSCE Policing Profile for the Austrian BundesPolizei". OSCE POLIS. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
- ^ "List of national services responsible for border control" (PDF).
- ^ Magazin Öffentliche Sicherheit, Ausgabe 1/2 2009: „Verhältnismäßiges Einschreiten“ (Ministry of Interior) (german)
- ^ "Polizei-Porsche kommt ins Museum - oesterreich.ORF.at". wiev1.orf.at.
- ^ "Austrian Flugpolizei". Bundespolizei. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Uniform - Unterscheidungszeichen: Organe Des Öffentlichen Sicherheitsdienstes (Gem. § 5 Abs. 2 Zif. 3 UND 4 Spg) - Amtsärztlicher Dienst - Seelsorgedienst" [Uniform - distinguishing signs: Organs of the public security service (according to § 5 paragraph 2 number 3 AND 4 Spg) - official medical service - pastoral service] (PDF) (in German). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Uniform-Unterscheidungszeichen (für Organe des öffentlichen Sicherheitsdienstes nach § 5 Abs. 1 Z 1 SPG ab 2015)" [Uniform distinctive signs (for bodies of the public security service according to § 5 Abs. 1 Z 1 SPG from 2015)] (PDF) (in German). Bundesministerium für Inneres. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Uniform - Unterscheidungszeichen Laut Aktueller PUV" [Uniform - Distinguishing Ranks According to Current PUV] (in German). 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2023.