Kantonspolizei Zürich
Police department of the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
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The Kantonspolizei Zürich (lit. 'Cantonal Police of Zurich') is the police department of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. The Kantonspolizei Zürich exists within the cantonal legal structure to enforce criminal, security, and traffic law on behalf of the government of the canton of Zurich. It is empowered with the executive authority of the Direktion der Justiz und des Innern, the Department of Justice and Home Affairs of the Canton of Zurich.
| Kantonspolizei Zürich Landjäger-Corps des Kantons Zürich (1804 AD) Canton of Zurich, Switzerland | |
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| Common name | Kantonspolizei Zürich |
| Abbreviation | Kapo ZH |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1804[1] |
| Employees | approx. 3,800 full time jobs,[2] of which 2,247 police officers and about 1,500 civilians (2015) |
| Annual budget | CHF587 million |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Canton of Zurich, CH |
| Size | 1,729 square kilometres (668 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,504,346 (2017) |
| Legal jurisdiction | Government of the canton of Zurich |
| Governing body | Direktion der Justiz und des Innern |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Kasernenstrasse 29, CH-8004 Zurich |
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | about 60 as of 2015 |
| Police cars | unknown |
| Police boats | 2 (assumed, at least one speedboat, see image) |
| Helicopters | 1[3][4] |
| Dogs | unknown |
| Website | |
| www.kapo.zh.ch (in German) | |
History
The Kantonspolizei Zürich was established in 1804 as the Landjäger-Corps des Kantons Zürich after the period of civil unrest known as the Bockenkrieg.[de] Its administrative seat was formed in the City of Zurich in 1901.
In the same year, the Kantonspolizei founded the first museum of crime to exist in Switzerland, the Kriminalmuseum der Kantonspolizei Zürich.[5] The museum, originally used only for training of new recruits, opened to the public in 1958.
The Kantonspolizei Zürich is the legally responsible police force in all municipalities in the canton of Zurich, including the City of Zurich, for matters pertaining to cantonal law.
Duties
The Kantonspolizei Zürich is responsible for law enforcement at the Zurich Airport,[6] as well as anti-terror protection in the widest sense and the control of potentially dangerous demonstrations and riots. One notable incident of major police action was the Opernhauskrawalle youth protest on 30/31 May 1980 at the Sechseläutenplatz in Zurich,[7] documented in the 2000 Swiss documentary film Züri brännt.[8] Another incident was the 1968 Globuskrawalle, rioting that took place at the former Globus department store building at the Bahnhofbrücke Zurich.[9]
Further duties of the Kantonspolizei Zürich include the support of its municipal police stations, road patrol and control, criminal investigation, and water policing on Lake Zurich.[10]
The Kantonspolizei Zürich is the largest police force in Switzerland, counting both personnel and financing.[1] It comprises 3,800 full-time positions, of which 2,247 are police officers, including about 100 Sicherheitsassistenten (security assistants) at the Zurich Airport, as of January 2015.[2] The KZ also provides the ePolice internet service,[11] and has run the Kriminalmuseum (criminal museum) in its headquarters since 1959.[12] It maintains an international exchange program with police forces in other countries.[13]
Gallery
The historic Kaserne building of the police force in Zurich.
Movag Eagle IV of the Zurich Cantonal Police at Zurich Airport
The historic police station at Rathausbrücke Zurich–Limmatquai.
Motorboat in Wollishofen at the shipyards of Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft ZSG in March 2011.
Kantonspolizei Zürich speedboat near Horgen.
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