Most police officers in Austria do their job with the utmost conviction, going as far as possible. You chose your profession with conviction and have often accomplished incredible things. But it also has a downside, which new SPO boss Andreas Bubler now realized during an inspection: long staff shortages, endless overtime and often the incompatibility of shift and weekend work with one’s personal life or family.
as well as payment. After so many years of service, it is not as bad as it is often rumoured. And it’s good that in the final stage, Austrian police officers can easily keep up with European comparisons. But: the pay at a young age is often not high enough – especially in metropolitan areas where young civil servants have to complete their “apprenticeship years”, it is very rare.
Andreas Bebeler heard the concerns. and received a different picture of being a police officer, according to his own statement: “In direct conversations with police officers, I get a completely different picture than Carl Nehmer in his Sunday speeches,” he told the federal Tweeted in the direction of the Chancellery. ,
