Federal Police Directorate Vienna

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Federal Police Directorate Vienna
Historical logo and motto of BPD Vienna

The Federal Police Directorate Vienna was up to the restructuring of the security authorities in 2012 , i. H. until August 31, 2012, the organizational unit responsible for the area of ​​the City of Vienna of the security administration subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior or the Federal Police . It was one of 14 federal police departments existing in Austrian cities . The executive and administrative tasks of the security administration have been combined here. It was replaced (with staff continuity at the top) on September 1, 2012 as an organizational unit by the Vienna State Police Directorate with the State Police President as the head of the authority and the guard.

Since Vienna is also one of the nine federal states of Austria, the Federal Police Directorate Vienna also acted as the security directorate for the state of Vienna. Her predecessor was the Imperial and Royal Police Directorate in Vienna. The head of the authority has been President of the Police since 1874. The term Federal Police Directorate has existed since the Federal Constitution was passed in 1920.

history

The (Federal) Police Directorate Vienna has had its seat at the following addresses since the state constitution was passed in 1867 :

The police building on Rossauer Lände in the 9th district had been in existence as a "Dependance" since 1904 . Since 1921, the training of new executives took place in the Moroccan barracks in the 3rd district.

The two best-known police presidents in Vienna were Johann Schober , who had to cope with the transition from monarchy to republic in 1918, became the first President of Interpol in 1923 and on July 15, 1927 was responsible for the excessive police use in the mass demonstrations around the Justice Palace fire , and Josef Holaubek , who was in office from 1947 to 1972 during the period of reconstruction after the Second World War, ended attempts at communist infiltration and guaranteed the reliable "grand coalition" orientation of the police. See also: Kuk Police Guard Corps

Mission statement 1995

In 1995, the Vienna Federal Police Directorate, with the consent of the Interior Minister, published a mission statement that it had drawn up in the entrance area of ​​the Schottenring 7–9 headquarters building :

  • Security guard, criminal service and security administration work together to create the basis for a safe Vienna. Every employee contributes to this.
  • The people of this city are at the center of our efforts. Your safety is important to us!
  • Qualified training is the basis of our professional activities. Personal commitment, constant learning and our shared experience should increase this quality.
  • Within the legal framework, we are guided by human values.
  • A sense of responsibility, transparency of decisions and a friendly working atmosphere are the basis of our success.

The summarizing slogan was selected in 1997 from over 600 proposals that were sent in at the invitation of Police President Peter Stiedl :

  • Security and help - your Vienna police

The mission statement has remained unchanged since 1995. In 2005, however, the security guard and criminal service were merged to form the federal police guard.

tasks

In the police headquarters, the civil security agendas for Vienna had to be organized and coordinated under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior. The administrative police tasks (aliens police, weapons, ammunition, shooting and explosive devices, press, club police, assembly matters) were carried out by the police lawyers of the BPD.

The BPD was subordinate to the executive service of the federal police guard , which was led by the Vienna State Police Command and headed by the State Police Commander responsible for the internal organization of the company. The guard was divided internally into:

  • the uniformed police (until 2005: Federal Security Guard Corps), which carries out the public security and security service;
  • the civil police, also known as the criminal police (until 2005: criminal police corps ), which work on solving more serious crimes.

The previously independent guard bodies had been merged since 2005. Furthermore, the state police command (and thus the BPD) was responsible for the special unit WEGA .

The state police, which fights activities that endanger the state, was spun off in 2002 into the newly founded Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counter Terrorism (BVT). Passport and registration systems were outsourced to the Vienna city administration in 2005 . Since then, passports have no longer been issued by the police department, but by the municipal district offices.

BPD Vienna was the only BPD in Austria to have 14 branches, which are known as police commissioners ; their heads carried the usage designation city ​​governor . Up until the police reform in Vienna in 2002, there were 23 district police stations. Since 2005, each police station has been subordinated to a city ​​police command (until 2005: security guard area department; until 2002: security guard district department), from which police work is directed.

The Office for Special Investigations (BBE) , which investigated criminal offenses committed by police officers (such as bodily harm or theft) when they did not fall within the competence of the Federal Office for the Prevention and Fighting of Corruption , was directly subordinate to the Police President .

See also: abuse of office affairs in the Vienna police in 2006

criticism

On a political level, Mayor Häupl and the SPÖ Vienna criticized the fact that the number of Viennese police officers did not correspond to the various tasks of the police and that it had not increased but decreased during the years of police reforms. The increase in staff promised by Interior Minister Maria Fekter is taking far too long. The interior minister endeavored to reduce the staff shortage, among other things, by taking over federal officials no longer needed there for administrative agendas of the Viennese police by the Post AG ; the first former post office workers (they are former office workers, not postmen) have been working for the police on a trial basis since September 2009.

Exponents of civil society criticized the human rights questionable behavior of individual law enforcement officers towards foreigners. The cases of Marcus Omofuma (did not survive his deportation), Seibane Wague (did not survive fixation on the ground), Bakary J. (severe abuse of a detainee in deportation ), Binali Ilter (lethal use of weapons against the confused) and Nicolae J. (unlawful killing after shooting amok) caused a special stir.

It is not uncommon for law enforcement officials to anonymously express the opinion that the reforms that have taken place since 2002 have not made the work of the police any easier or have not improved them. It cannot be clarified for the public whether skeptical statements have a factual background or result from personal disappointment over a lack of recognition or a lack of career opportunities.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report on the association's involvement in communicating the mission statement ( memento from January 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Association of Friends of the Vienna Police
  2. ↑ Notification of the Independent Administrative Senate  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.menschenrechte.ac.at  
  3. ^ Report on the controversial use of firearms ( Memento from August 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Kurier