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GENDARMERIE IN AUSTRIA

NCJ Number
18406
Journal
Kriminalistik Volume: 28 Issue: 11 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1974) Pages: 516-520
Author(s)
L KEPPLER
Date Published
1974
Length
5 pages
Annotation
HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF A NATIONAL UNIFORMED PARAMILITARY POLICE ORGANIZATION FROM ITS BEGINNING IN 1849 TO 1974.
Abstract
POLICE POWERS IN AUSTRIA HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BETWEEN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES SINCE WORLD WAR II. FOR AREAS OR CASES UNDER FEDERAL JURISIDCTION, POLICE FUNCTIONS ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE FEDERAL POLICE DIRECTORATE (BUNDESPOLIZEIDIREKTION), WHICH OPERATES IN LARGE CITIES, AND THE GENDARMERIE, WHICH OPERATES IN ALL OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. BOTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR. --IN GERMAN SEE NCJ-34250 FOR ENGLISH TRANSLATION.