In October and mainly in December, 400 new police students will start their two -year training in four federal states. This not only responds to the increasing requirements in the security area, but also ensures that the current maximum of police officers remains sustainable.
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner: “There have never been as many police officers as it is today – we currently have an unprecedented high. The recordings in December show that the criticism of the alleged lack of personnel is unjustified. We are constantly investing in training and can compensate for the expected exits one to one.”
Focus on the Vienna police
In December, up to ten classes in Vienna are planned for basic police training to train up to 250 additional police officers for the federal capital.
Two courses start in Lower Austria: As early as October, a class with 25 course places for border police assistants begins. In addition, there will be a class with 25 courses for basic police training in December. Two classes also start in Upper Austria and in Tyrol one class starts with 25 police families each.
All other state police departments currently have no special needs – with calculating the expected situation in two years (duration of the training), which must be compensated for at the present time. In the coming year, on the other hand, there will be new classes in several other federal states, according to the current preliminary planning.
25 special places for airport
A special course is planned in Lower Austria, the graduates of which are used after completion at the Vienna-Schwechat Airport. This class comprises 25 course places in the foreign and border police area and is directly related to the introduction of the EU-wide Entry/Exit system.
A total of 1,119 police students have started their two -year training by the beginning of September. Due to the upcoming recordings in December, more than 1,500 police students are accepted alone this year. Around 1,500 apprenticeships for the start of the police career will also be planned next year. There are currently around 3,800 police students in the education centers. You already strengthen the uniformed patrol service during your training (2nd phase).
How does the calculation work?
The police train on an occasion, i.e. when a replacement requirement is recognized – in most cases when a person is retired. However, since there is a corridor of several years as to when retirement can be started, the HR departments are forced to calculate with a high uncertainty factor that is complicated due to the two -year training – which must happen before each reproduction.
In the Federal Police Directorate, where all calculations collect, a new valuation of this anticipated personnel requirement is carried out every three months, since the information situation changes continuously. This is the reason why there are regular changes in recordings/police training classes in strength and number.