Interpol
Schober gained international recognition for his work in police administration, becoming known as the "Father of Interpol". In his role as President of the Police in Vienna, Schober convened, in 1923, the second International Criminal Police Congress in his home city, attracting representative from nineteen different countries to the event. At the meeting it was agreed that the participants should set up a body to be known as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC), draw up a ten article constitution for the body and continue working towards the aims set down at the first congress that had been held in Monaco in 1914. Austria had offered to both host and finance the event and so Vienna was chosen as the congress site, whilst Austria's police enjoyed a strong reputation for their work on keeping records on international criminals at that time. Schober was chosen as President of the Executive Committee whilst his countryman Dr Oskar Dressler, a noted lawyer and at the time the Austrian Federal Police chief, became Secretary to the International Police Congress.
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