Municipal police (Switzerland)

The municipal police of Switzerland are a series of separate forces maintained by the municipalities of each canton. There are between 100[1] and 300[2] municipal police forces. Most of these forces are responsible for general law and order and parking enforcement only.[3] In some larger cities, the municipal police also carry out traffic control and in Zurich, Winterthur and Lausanne they provide a full policing service.[3] Municipal police forces send their recruits to the same regional police academies as the cantons do.[3] For advanced training, the municipalities send their officers to the courses of the Swiss Police Institute.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/en/home/themen/sicherheit/ref_polizeistruktur.html
  2. ^ http://polis.osce.org/countries/details.php?item_id=72#Country_Profile_Section_329
  3. ^ a b c d http://www.cepol.europa.eu/index.php?id=switzerland

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