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The Kantonspolizei Zürich (literal translation: "Cantonal Police of Zürich") is the
police department The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and ...
of the
canton of Zürich The canton of Zürich (german: Kanton Zürich ; rm, Chantun Turitg; french: Canton de Zurich; it, Canton Zurigo) is a Swiss canton in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton in the ...
in
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. 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 Zürich. 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 Zürich.


History

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in 1901. In the same year, the Kantonspolizei founded the first museum of crime to exist in Switzerland, the Kriminalmuseum der Kantonspolizei Zürich. The museum, originally used only for training of new recruits, opened to the public in 1958. The Kantonspolizei Zürich is the legally responsible Municipal police (Switzerland)">police force The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...
 in all municipalities in the canton of Zürich, including the City of Zürich, for matters pertaining to law enforcement in Switzerland, cantonal law.


Duties

The Kantonspolizei Zürich is responsible for law enforcement at the
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, as well as anti-terror protection in the widest sense and the control of potentially dangerous demonstrations and
riots A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targeted ...
. One notable incident of major police action was the ''
Opernhauskrawalle Opernhauskrawalle (Opera House riots) is the Swiss German term generally used for the youth protests at the end of May 1980 in the Swiss city of Zürich, a municipality in the Canton of Zürich. Also called Züri brännt ("Zürich is burning"), t ...
'' youth protest on 30/31 May 1980 at the Sechseläutenplatz in Zürich, documented in the 2000 Swiss documentary film '' Züri brännt''. Another incident was the 1968 ''Globuskrawalle'', rioting that took place at the former ''
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'' department store building at the Bahnhofbrücke Zürich. 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 Zürich __NOTOC__ Lake Zurich ( Swiss German/Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or ''Zürichsee'' can be used to ...
. Kaserne Zürich - Kasernenstrasse 2011-08-12 14-58-56.jpg, The historic ''Kaserne'' building of the police force in Zürich. 2015-08-12-ZRH 6044.jpg, Movag Eagle IV of the Zurich Cantonal Police at
Zurich Airport Zürich Airport (), french: Aéroport de Zurich, it, Aeroporto di Zurigo, rm, Eroport da Turitg is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the airline hub, principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switze ...
Gmüesbrugg (Rathausbrücke) - Kantonspolizei Rathausposten (P7800) 2015-09-29 16-01-31.JPG, The historic police station at
Rathausbrücke Zürich Rathaus (German for "town hall bridge", may refer to the following structure: * Rathausbrücke, Berlin, a bridge crossing the river Spree in Berlin, Germany * Rathausbrücke, Erfurt, a bridge crossing a branch of the river Gera in Erfurt, Germany ...
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Limmatquai ''Limmatquai'' is a street in the Swiss city of Zürich. It is named after the Limmat, and it follows the right-hand (eastern) bank of that river for about through the '' Altstadt'', or historical core, of the city. The street was once important ...
. 2012 'Tag der offenen Werft' - ZSG Werft Wollishofen - Kantonspolizei Zürich 2012-03-24 15-00-24.JPG, Motorboat in
Wollishofen Wollishofen is a neighbourhood in Zürich's district 2 (Zürich), 2nd district. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. The neighbourhood has a population of 15,592 distributed on an area of 5.75&n ...
at the shipyards of
Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft The ''Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft'' or Lake Zürich Navigation Company (commonly abbreviated to ZSG) is a public Swiss company operating passenger ships and boats on Lake Zürich. The company operates services connecting lake-side towns ...
ZSG in March 2011. Horgen_-_Pfannenstiel_-_Kantonspolizei_-_Zürichsee_2010-06-04_19-33-42.jpg, Kantonspolizei Zürich speedboat nearby
Horgen Horgen is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. It is one of the larger towns along the south bank of the Lake of Zurich. On 1 January 2018 the former municipality of Hirzel merged into the municipali ...
, as seen from the ZSG paddle steamship. , The ''Kantonspolizei Zürich'' is the largest police force in Switzerland, counting both personnel and financing. 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. The KZ also provides the ''ePolice'' internet service, and has run the ''Kriminalmuseum'' (criminal museum) in its headquarters since 1959. It maintains an international exchange program with police forces in other countries.


References


External links

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Website of the Government of the Canton of Zürich


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