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      The earliest urban police force was Vienna's City Guard of 1569, consisting of 150 men. By the beginning of the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), the City Guard consisted of 1,000 men organized as a regiment, individual companies of which took part in military campaigns. The soldiers of the guard were subject to the authority of the Imperial War Council, and the city was required to pay for their services. In 1646 the city set up its own Public Order Watch; serious frictions between the two bodies resulted in their replacement by a new service under a commissioner of police in 1776. Its personnel were still made up of soldiers, either volunteers or assigned, but they failed to meet the city's needs because of a lack of training and continuity of service. Police functions were organized in a similar form in other large cities of the empire. It was not until a series of reforms between 1850 and 1869 that military influence over the police force was finally ended with the introduction of an independent command structure, a permanent corps of police professionals, training of officers in police skills, and distinctive uniforms and symbols of rank.

      Sigurnosne snage u zajednici (Gemeindesicherheitswache) su općinske ili druge policijske snage nekih zajednica u Austriji. Sve zajednice (gradovi, općine, regije sa vlastitim statutom) osim onih sa upravama Federalne policije imaju zakonsko pravo osnovati i održavati svoje policijske snage. Kod ovih snaga je vlada velika šarolikost u nazivima. Probati ću direktno prevesti neke od njih Gemeindewachkörper bi bilo nešto kao Čuvarska služba zajednice; Sicherheitspolizeien je Sigurnosna policija i Gemeindepolizeien or Stadtpolizeien Gradska policija. Znak desno je Sigurnosna policijska služba Neubau, dijela Beča.

      The Gemeindesicherheitswache (Community Security Guard) are the municipal police forces of some communities in Austria. They may also be known as Gemeindewachkörper, Sicherheitspolizeien, Gemeindepolizeien or Stadtpolizeien. All communities (except those with a Federal Police Directorate, normally statutory cities) are allowed to maintain their own municipal police.

VIENNA SPECIAL POLICE UNIT  BEČKA JEDINICA SPECIJALNE POLICIJE

SALZBURG POLICE  SALZBURŠKA POLICIJA

OTHER CITY POLICE FORCES  POLICIJE OSTALIH GRADOVA