Staatspolizei

State Police, institution for the protection of the state and the constitution. One of several individual groups, the State Police is part of the Public Security Authorities in the Ministry of the Interior and is responsible in particular for the following tasks: safety measures on the occasion of state and official visits, mass events and meetings of international organisations, protection of the representative bodies, personal security, observation of subversive activities, investigation of National-Socialist crimes of violence, co-ordination and direction of measures to maintain law and order and public security (Police). Since 1993 the activities of the State Police have been under the control of a special permanent sub-committee of the Nationalrat (National Council).