Children's Police (prevention project)
The children's police prevention project is an initiative of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior , which was started in Vorarlberg in 2000 . At the beginning of October 2005 the project was extended to all of Austria and is being looked after by the Austrian police .
The campaign is aimed at kindergartens , preschool children and children of school age. The purpose of the children's police is to let children know about the possible dangers of life at an early stage. This awareness of dangers relates in particular to sexual abuse , to dangers in traffic , to dealing with conflict situations and dangers in general.
All children between the ages of five (in Vienna only from the second grade ) and twelve years of age can join the children's police . To do this, they have to apply for a child police ID card. In order to achieve this, the children have to answer a few safety-related questions.
In Styria as well as in some other federal states there is a lively cooperation with the regional school board. All children in the third grade are cared for across the board. Relevant topics are worked out in cooperation with the school teachers and discussed with the children. At the end of the event, an attempt is made to introduce the children to the police station responsible for them.
history
- 2000: Markus Amann from the Landesgendarmeriekommando in Vorarlberg founds the action under the name of Kindergendarmerie .
- 2003: The action gets by the Council for traffic safety traffic safety award.
- 2004: 10,400 new child police officers in Styria . 6,000 child police officers in Vorarlberg.
- 2005: The 11th Raiffeisen Security Prize follows, which is awarded to the Upper Austrian children's police, representing 1,400 child police officers . Due to its success, the model will be extended to the whole of Austria and will be adopted by the Federal Police after the Federal Gendarmerie , Federal Security Guard and Criminal Police Corps have been merged.
- 2006: 60,000 child police officers across Austria. On August 17, 2006, the Olympic champion and executive officer of the Federal Police Fritz Strobl was presented by Interior Minister Liese Prokop as President of the Children's Police.
Rights and obligations
The child policeman has rights and duties. You have the "duty" to keep yourself up to date on the subject of public safety and hazard prevention. In addition, they should act as role models in various everyday situations, e.g. B. adhere to traffic rules.
The child police officers are given the "rank" of inspector.
Further rights and obligations
- Be a role model - in dealing with classmates, in traffic and in leisure activities.
- Respect and help - respect and support for older and weaker people.
- Observe and pass on safety tips.
- Adult police colleagues may be addressed with "you".
Germany
In neighboring Germany , too, there are approaches for a children's police with a children's police card.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kinderpolizei.at: About the Children's Police: Prevention ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Active gendarmerie: Children's gendarmerie ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b BM.I: The children's police has its president - Olympic champion Fritz Strobl
- ↑ a b BM.I: child police officers all over Austria - since the beginning of October 2005, all state police commanders have been participating in the “children's police” prevention project
- ↑ ÖD : Successful Children's Police Project ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bavarian police : Zeughaus police advice center: Kinderkommissar ( 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.
