Federal Police (Austria)

Template:Short description Template:Short description Template:Template other The Federal Police (Template:Langx, ) is the national and principal law enforcement agency of Austria.

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Federal Police officers

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. The Federal Police also serves as Austria’s border control agency.

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 was 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.

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 Federal Police works in partnership with the 19 municipal police agencies and other law enforcement agencies in Austria.

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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  Federal Police Volkswagen Touran

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

Weapon	Origin	Type	Notes
Glock 17	Austria	Semi-automatic pistol	Standard issue sidearm
Glock 19
Glock 18			Reserved for EKO Cobra
Heckler & Koch MP5	Germany	Submachine gun
Steyr AUG	Austria	Assault rifle

Officers are also equipped with batons and pepper spray for use as a less lethal option.

Ranks and rank insignia

Commissioners

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	Commissioner general of public security	State commissioner	Deputy state commissioner	Assistant state commissioner	City police commissioner

Leading officers

	General officers						Senior officers						Junior officers
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	Inspector general		Deputy inspector general		Assistant inspector general		Chief superintendent		Superintendent		Deputy superintendent		Assistant superintendent		Divisional superintendent			Divisional assistant superintendent

Supervising officers and police officers

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	Senior chief inspector			Chief inspector			Divisional inspector		Sub-divisional inspector		Station sergeant						Sergeant						Sergeant Not in line of promotion				Senior constable		Constable						Border guard constable	Probationary constable

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Historical ranks

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  Ranks of the Federal Police guard body
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  Ranks for legal and police medical services and other uniformed staff

See also

• EKO Cobra

External links

• Official Austrian Police Website