Federal Police (Austria)
Austrian police force
The Federal Police (Austrian German: Bundespolizei, pronounced [ˈbʊndəspoliˌtsaɪ] ) is the national and principal law enforcement agency of Austria. It is responsible for general policing, criminal investigation support, public order duties, traffic policing, emergency response and a range of specialised police services throughout the country. The Federal Police also serves as Austria’s border control agency.
The force is administered by the Federal Ministry of the Interior through the Directorate General for Public Security, and provides police services through nine provincial police directorates, one for each Austrian state. Its duties are carried out by uniformed patrol officers, criminal police units, traffic police, border police, dog units, riot and rapid-response formations, and other specialised sections.
Criminal policing at national level is supported by the Criminal Intelligence Service Austria (German: Bundeskriminalamt), which acts as a central police authority for serious and organised crime, international police cooperation, forensics, crime analysis and the exchange of information with foreign law-enforcement partners.
History
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.
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. The SIG is deployed in various cities in Austria. The SIG is under the Schnellen Reaktionskräfte (SRK) or Rapid Reaction Force with the Bereitschaftseinheit (BE) or the Standby Unit.
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