Security guard Graz

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The Graz Ordnungswache is an office of the Graz City Administration for the purpose of monitoring local security. The Ordnungswache acts according to the motto: The Ordnungswache Graz shows irregularities in the orderly urban coexistence and intervenes moderately.

Powers

As organs of public supervision , the employees of the security guard are appointed and sworn in according to the Styrian Supervision Act . You have the right to arrest people for the purpose of establishing their identity, to issue a warning and to issue organ penal orders and notifications.

The security guard differs from the tasks of the police in that it does not pursue any criminal offenses and in this sense does not create any security. However, no monitoring activities are carried out in the field of road traffic.

Appearance

The organs of the Ordnungswache wear a black uniform with the imprint “Ordnungswache”. You wear your badge clearly visible and must show your badge on request. The vehicles of the security guard are painted silver and have a blue side stripe. In addition, their vehicles are equipped with a blue light.

history

The security guard was founded in December 2007. However, it could not be set up as a community watch body, since the city of Graz is not allowed to set it up because in the local area of ​​activity of a state police headquarters , as in Graz, according to Art. 78d (2) B-VG, there is no watch body from a regional body other than the federal government may be erected. Therefore, the Styrian Supervisory Organization Act created a legal basis outside of the constitutional framework, which was controversially discussed in the media. Following the example of the Graz Ordnungswache, security services and guards have also been set up in other cities, such as on July 1, 2009 in Wels or on September 1, 2010 in Linz ( Ordnungsdienst der Stadt Linz GmbH ). The establishment of a security guard is also being discussed in Vienna .

At the end of 2010 the Graz Ordnungswache was largely curtailed in its area of ​​responsibility by city policy. For financial and personnel reasons, it is only to appear in the area of ​​the urban green spaces in the future, while the police presence in the city is to be increased again. The future of the concept was uncertain at the time.

Since 2013, the security guard has been organizationally assigned to the Graz parking space service GPS, the employees are employed there, and the spatial accommodation is also in the same building at Jakomini belt 20. As a result, more and more staff were taken on, so that the strength in 2018 was 56 people. In 2016, cycle lanes were also introduced and care for the home phone was taken over.

Responsibilities

The police enforce the following laws, among others:

Styria State Security Act

  • Injuries to decency (e.g. "peeing wildly")
  • Begging (e.g. intrusive begging, "child begging")
  • Keeping animals (e.g. leash or muzzle requirement)
  • Alcohol ban regulations (main square, university district, Mondscheingasse)

Local Police Regulations

  • Graz Green Area Ordinance 2007 - GGVO
  • Graz Street Music Ordinance 1999
  • Health Protection Ordinance 2009
  • Road cleanliness ordinance
  • Graz Immission Control Ordinance - ISVO
  • Grit Ordinance 2004

Other legal provisions (only in part)

  • Aufstellungs- u. Approval guidelines (e.g. shopping baskets in front of shops)
  • Event guidelines (e.g. event duration)
  • Road traffic regulations (e.g. exceeding the size of guest gardens)
  • Styria Tree Protection Act (e.g. removal of protected trees)
  • Graz Tree Protection Ordinance
  • Styria Fire Police Act (e.g. parking of fire brigade access zones)
  • Styria Waste Management Act
  • Trade regulations (e.g. garden curfew)
  • Railway Act
  • Styria Youth Protection Act (e.g. alcohol consumption)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A security watch is "the arrival of sheriff culture". In: derstandard.at. Retrieved December 4, 2010 .
  2. ↑ New security guard in Wels. In: ORF. Retrieved December 4, 2010 .
  3. ^ City guard: Linz law enforcement officers sworn in. In: Upper Austrian news. Retrieved December 4, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Graz whistles back the security guard and strengthens the police. In: Small newspaper. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010 .;