Federal Police (Austria): Difference between revisions

The '''Federal Police''' ({{lang-de|Bundespolizei}}) is the national and principal [[law enforcement agency]] of [[Austrian Republic|Austria]]. The Federal Police was formed in July 2005 as one formal unit of police. In 2005, the Federal Police replaced the Austrian [[Bundesgendarmerie|Federal Gendarmerie]], which policed most of the country, and the ''Polizei'' which policed Austria’s major urban centres such as [[Vienna]], [[Salzburg]] and [[Graz]].<ref name=osce>{{cite web|url=http://polis.osce.org/countries/details?item_id=9|title=OSCE Policing Profile for the Austrian BundesPolizei|publisher=OSCE POLIS|access-date=2008-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313122212/http://polis.osce.org/countries/details?item_id=9|archive-date=2014-03-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Federal Police also serves as Austria’s [[border control]] agency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/doc_centre/borders/docs/List%20of%20national%20services%20responsible%20for%20border%20control.pdf|title=List of national services responsible for border control}}</ref> The Federal Police works in partnership with [[EKO Cobra]], the 19 [[municipal police]] agencies and other law enforcement agencies in Austria.