Law enforcement in Switzerland

In Switzerland, the police divided into the Federal Office of Police, the cantonal police forces and the Stadt-/Gemeindepolizeien. The police jurisdiction located in the cantons, which, however, have delegated in some cantons some of the duties of municipal or local police forces. The Federal Criminal Police has no own uniformed bodies. Only the cantons and some municipalities have their own police force. Belongs to the cantonal police in some cantons, maritime police, airport police, or the competent diplomatic facilities Police de la Sécurité International (Geneva).

The general emergency number for the police in Switzerland is 117 Who elects the European emergency number 112, is automatically connected to the operations center of the competent cantonal police.

The training for police officers takes place at one of the Swiss police schools.

Federal Office of Police

The Federal Office of Police ( fedpol ) is used in the field of internal security of Switzerland 's cantonal and international partners as a center for information, coordination and analysis, the Federal Intelligence Service. His activity on the one hand includes preventive tasks such as the preventive state protection and security measures for the protection of vulnerable persons and objects. On the other hand, the Office also involved in the criminal prosecution, particularly in the fight against organized crime. In addition to coordinating investigation Fedpol determined even in the areas of narcotics trafficking and the financing, and counterfeit currency and performs the reporting center for money laundering. Since 2002 Fedpol leads in cases of serious crime ( organized crime, money laundering, corruption, terrorism) and its own investigations under the supervision of the Attorney.

More police areas

The control of persons and goods at border crossings, in international trains and on the border is up to the Border Guard, the uniformed part of the customs administration of the Department of Finance of the Federation.

Furthermore, it is based on the Railway Police Act, the Police Corps of the SBB, the railway police, which was organizationally delegated to a majority- by the SBB subsidiary.

Pictures

Patrol car of Geneva 2010

Patrol car from Zurich

Police vehicle from Locarno