Police

When police inspection is called in Austria and in some German states an agency with a minimum size of a police ( executive).

Germany

A police inspection ( PI) is a lower police authority with some German state police. Also known are police stations at the German Federal Police ( BPOLI ).

Bavaria

In the Bavarian Police, a distinction which normal police inspection with the particularity PI investigation ( PIF), the Grenzpolizeiinspektion of federal limits ( GPI), the traffic police inspection (CPI ) and the Kriminalpolizeiinspektion (KPI ) and the water police station (eg WSP / S) and subject to - the police stations with water police tasks, but not directly by the river police (eg WSP / D water Police Directorate ).

The PI at the police met the classic work of the police with an original locally - matter jurisdiction for a protected zone by the respective police organization regulations. The tasks include, inter alia, the guard and patrol, investigation team, group and survey rod ( with subject areas ). Some of the staff is working around the clock.

Police stations were created in the 1970s by " large- PIs " were formed of several smaller police stations.

The staff body consists mainly composed of law enforcement officials. The thickness is usually between 20 and 180 employees. PI conductor is typically a senior official, but at least a more senior official of the higher civil service. If required, the PI conductors are represented by a service team leader, deputy team leader or service the guard conductor. A PI head can, in turn, represented the head of a police department ( or equivalent police Safety Authority ) outside of the office hours.

Comparable Authorities in Germany

The same or similar tasks as the police inspection ( Bavaria, Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania, Rhineland -Palatinate, Saarland, Thuringia ) meet in other German states the police station (Baden- Württemberg, Bremen, Hesse ( large cities ), Saxony, Saxony -Anhalt, Schleswig -Holstein ), police station ( Hesse), the police station (Hamburg, Lower Saxony), the police station (Brandenburg ) and the police Section (Berlin). In North Rhine- Westphalia, the grassroots organization is the district police authorities ( District Office or in the independent city police headquarters ); own municipal police does not exist there.

Over-and subordination relationships

The PIs (and their equivalents countries ) are organizationally subordinated to the police authorities means. In most countries, these are the police departments (eg, Rhineland -Palatinate). In Lower Saxony, the police departments are placed under five to six police stations. In total there are 33 in Lower Saxony inspections. Exceptions are alone Brandenburg, North Rhine -Westphalia and Saarland, which instead have set up protection zones, police districts and police district inspection as a means authorities. The technical supervision leads the competent Police Headquarters / Regional Council; Saarland police district leads the technical supervision, in North-Rhine Westphalia is incumbent on the five county governments.

The PIs implied ( optional) are the police stations (eg in Lower Saxony) police stations, special guards and police stations or police stations and main ( Mecklenburg- Vorpommern) police stations. Subunits are the service groups that the police sections (see above) are directly affiliated, for example, the city state of Berlin.

In the German capital every police section is a separate " patrol VB " ( Crime ) associated with the ( so-called " civilian investigators " ) includes each about ten posts. These specially trained members of the uniformed police provided their duties in civilian clothes, if possible in three-to four-person teams use. The " patrol VB " fought all offenses, from the pursuit of a bicycle thief up to the volatile bank robbers or drug dealers.

In certain cases, or layers, eg use of foreign forces or at meetings or events, the PIs are also other organizational units subordinate ( issuing and authority ).

Austria

When police inspections ( PI), the former police station and police station are called in Austria since the merger of federal police and Federal Security Guard Corps on 1 July 2005 for the Federal Police. Head of a PI is the inspection commander. Him are added one to three deputies, several officers, as well as several banded executive staff. Since the end of 2009 also provided so-called executive assistant, ds Officials have been issued by the Austrian Post AG and Telekom Austria, in the police departments (mainly) administrative duties. You have no executive powers. In addition, there are service dogs inspections ( DHI), highway patrol inspections (API; formerly as traffic department field office ( Vaast ) refers ), transport inspections (VI ) and border police stations (GPI ).

The respective PI shall report to the competent local Stadtpolizeikommando (cities) or District Police Command, as well as the authorities of the relevant safety authority, such as a district administrative authority or the local police department.

In the media, police stations are still often referred to as a police station (derived from the former police station ) or as guard rooms.

Available by phone the police inspections are simplified by calling 059 133 If you choose this number, you will automatically reach the nearest police station or a higher-level control center. Austria far for emergency applies the telephone number 133 or the single European emergency number 112

There are:

9 provincial police directorates
9 state police
9 provincial transport departments
35 highway patrol inspections
83 district police command posts
27 city police command posts
903 police stations
15 traffic inspections
60 border police inspections

Thus, more than 1,000 police stations.

Switzerland

In the Swiss police, there are regional and detective guards.

Security agencies and government organizational units: Federal Ministry of the Interior ( General Directorate of Public Security ) | State Police ( police station ) | District Management Authority | Mayor

Operational organizational units of the municipalities: Municipality wax body

Organization of Police ( Germany )
Organization of the police ( Austria )

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