Directorate General for Public Security

Directorate General for Public Security
Directorate General for Public Security
Agency overview
Formed	September 23, 1930
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Austria
Constituting instrument	Security Policing Act;
Operational structure
Overseen by	Franz Ruf, Director General
Headquarters	Palais Modena, Innere Stadt, Vienna
Agency executives	Omar Haijawi-Pirchner, Director of State Security and Intelligence; GEN Andreas Holzer, Director of Criminal Intelligence; Bernhard Treibenreif, Director of Special Operations; Christian Stella, Head of the Aerial Police;
Parent agency	Ministry of the Interior
Child agencies	Federal Police; Criminal Investigative Office; Intelligence Directorate; EKO Cobra; Aerial Police;
Website
	www.bmi.gv.at

The Directorate General for Public Security (Generaldirektion für die öffentliche Sicherheit, "GDföS") is the governing body of general law enforcement in Austria and a division of the Ministry of the Interior. It oversees the Federal Police, the Criminal Intelligence Service, the Intelligence Directorate, the EKO Cobra, and the Aerial Police.

The Directorate General is headquartered in the Palais Modena, Vienna.

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