Law enforcement in Austria
- Law enforcement in Austria
Law enforcement in Austria is the responsibility of the Directorate General for Public Security, a subdivision of the Federal Ministry of the Interior located at Herrengasse 7 in Vienna.
Law enforcement in Austria underwent restructuring on July 1 2005. The public security police, the criminal investigation service and the Bundesgendarmerie were consolidated and organized into nine federal provincial commands. [AUSTRIA‘S NEW POLICE FORCE, http://www.bundespolizei.gv.at/all/broschueren/broschuere-english.pdf]
Over 20,000 police officers are on duty in the Federal Police at more than 1,000 police stations. On lakes and rivers the federal police has over 70 boats and other craft to act as the Water police.
The phone number 059133 connects you to the nearest police station anywhere in Austria. The emergency number is 133.
Law enforcement agencies
Directorate General for Public Security [Interpol [http://www.interpol.int/Public/Region/Europe/pjsystems/Austria.asp entry] Retrieved 15 May 2007]
*Federal Investigation Bureau ( _de. Bundeskriminalamt)
*Federal Police ( _de. Bundespolizei) - divided into 83 district police commands and 27 city police commands
* Municipal Police - in 21 cities, but only have administrative rights
* Air Police ( _de. Flugpolizei)
* Prison Guard ( _de. Justizwache) - responsible for prisons and prisoner transports
** "Justizwache Einsatz Gruppe" (JEG): special force for prisons in case of emergency
pecial units
*EKO Cobra Special Unit – Austrian anti-terror forces
*Wiener Einsatzgruppe Alarmabteilung (WEGA) – exists only in Vienna, comparable to the American S.W.A.T.-Special Units
*"Einsatzabteilung Kranich" – Special Unit for the Vienna Airport
References
External links
*de icon [http://www.bmi.gv.at/kriminalpolizei/ Bundeskriminalamt]
*de icon [http://www.bundespolizei.gv.at/lpk/ Polizei]
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