Law enforcement in Austria
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Law enforcement in
Law enforcement agencies
Federal
Ministry of Defence
- Military Police (German: Militärpolizei): the military police of the Austrian Armed Forces
Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Finance
- Customs Service (German: Operative Zollaufsicht)
Ministry of the Interior
The
- Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption (German: Bundesamt zur Korruptionsprävention und Korruptionsbekämpfung)
- Directorate General for the Public Security (German: Generaldirektion für öffentliche Sicherheit (GDföS))
- Criminal Police Office (German: Bundeskriminalamt (BK))
- Federal Police (German: Bundespolizei): divided into 83 district police commands and 27 city police commands
- Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra): federal SWAT and special forces unit
- police helicopters
Ministry of Justice
- Judicial Guard (German: Justizwache): responsible for running prisons and providing security at court facilities
State
In general, the nine
- Tyrol
- Tyrol.
Municipalities
Some Austrian municipalities operate a form of municipal law enforcement agency. In some municipalities, this is known as the City Police (German: Stadtpolizei), or sometimes Community Police (German: Gemeindepolizei) or Community Security Guard (German: Gemeindesicherheitswache). In others, responsibility for policing lies with the federal government and municipalities cannot call these agencies "police", instead naming them "order offices" (German: Ordnungsamt, Ordnungswache), similar in function to a bylaw enforcement officer or code enforcement. In some cases, these organisations are established as private corporations, owned by the municipality, such as the Security Service (German: Ordnungsdienst) of Linz.
Requirements for police officers
Police officers in Austria must meet certain requirements. These requirements include being at least 18 years of age, Austrian citizenship, an ability to act (not burdened by physical disability), impeccable reputation, Class B driver's licence, if conscripted to the armed forces, to have completed that conscription, and a swimming badge to prove swimming ability.[1]
See also
- Anti-corruption agency
- Crime in Austria
- List of law enforcement agencies
References
External links
- (in German) Bundeskriminalamt
- (in German) Polizei