Kantonspolizei Zurich
{{Short description|Police department of the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland}}
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| agencyname = Kantonspolizei Zürich
| nativename = Landjäger-Corps des Kantons Zürich (1804 AD)
| nativenamea = Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
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| commonname = Kantonspolizei Zürich
| abbreviation = Kapo ZH
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| flag = Wappen_Zürich_matt.svg
| flagcaption = Flag of the city and canton of Zürich
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| employees = approx. 3,800 full time jobs,{{cite web|url=http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/region/Historischer-Erfolg-fuer-die-Kantonspolizei/story/27895908?comments=1|title=Historischer Erfolg für die Kantonspolizei|publisher=Tages-Anzeiger|author=|language=German|date=2015-01-15|accessdate=2015-01-17}} of which 2,247 police officers and about 1,500 civilians (2015)
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| budget = CHF587 million
| country = Switzerland
| countryabbr = CH
| divtype = State
| divname = Kanton Zürich
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| sizearea = {{convert|1729|km2|sqmi}}
| sizepopulation = 1,504,346 (2017)
| legaljuris = Government of the canton of Zürich
| governingbody = Direktion der Justiz und des Innern
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| local = Yes
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| headquarters = Kasernenstrasse 29, CH-8004 Zürich
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| chief1name = Thomas Würgler
| chief1position = Kommandant
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| child1agency = Kriminalpolizei, Sicherheitspolizei, Verkehrspolizei; Regionalpolizei; Flughafenpolizei Zürich; Kriminalmuseum; Verkehrsleitzentrale; Seepolizei
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| stations = about 60 as of 2015
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| vehicle1type = Police car
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| boat1type = Police boat
| boats1 = 2 (assumed, at least one speedboat, see image)
| aircraft1type = Helicopter
| aircraft1 = 1{{cite web|url=http://www.kapo.zh.ch/internet/sicherheitsdirektion/kapo/de/aktuell/medienmitteilungen/2015_10/1510061j.html|title=Kantonspolizei Zürich stellt neuen Helikopter vor|publisher=Kantonspolizei Zürich|author=|language=German|date=2015-10-06|accessdate=2015-10-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zol.ch/blaulicht/standard/ein-neuer-helikopter-fuer-die-kantonspolizei/story/31764542|title=Ein neuer Helikopter für die Kantonspolizei|publisher=Zürcher Oberländer|author=|language=German|date=2015-10-06|accessdate=2015-10-06}}
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The Kantonspolizei Zürich (literal translation: "Cantonal Police of Zürich") is the police department of the canton of Zürich 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 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
The Kantonspolizei Zürich was established in 1804 as the Landjäger-Corps des Kantons Zürich after the period of civil unrest known as the Bockenkrieg.[
In the same year, the Kantonspolizei founded the first museum of crime to exist in Switzerland, the Kriminalmuseum der Kantonspolizei Zürich.{{Cite web|title=Führung Kriminalmuseum {{!}} Erlebnisse in Zürich|url=https://www.zuerich.com/de/besuchen/touren-ausfluege/fuehrung-kriminalmuseum|access-date=2021-10-01|website=www.zuerich.com|language=de}} 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 Zürich, including the City of Zürich, for matters pertaining to cantonal law.
Duties
The Kantonspolizei Zürich is responsible for law enforcement at the Zurich Airport,{{cite web|url=http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/portal?urn=urn%3Asrf%3Aais%3Avideo%3A906041a3-174f-4e30-b41a-e2c3571a1904&autoplay=true&legacy=true&width=640&height=360&playerType=|title=Wie sicher ist der Flughafen Zürich?|publisher=10vor10|author=|language=German|date=2016-07-01|accessdate=2016-07-01}} 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 Zürich,{{cite web|url=http://www.srf.ch/player/tv/archivperlen/video/diskussion-zu-den-zuercher-jugendunruhen?id=05f18417-ec5b-4b94-a4bf-293312e56afe|title=Diskussion zu den Zürcher Jugendunruhen ("CH-Magazin" vom 15.7.1980)|publisher=SRF Kultur|author=|language=German|date=1980-07-15|accessdate=2015-01-17}} documented in the 2000 Swiss documentary film Züri brännt.{{cite web|url=http://www.srf.ch/kultur/im-fokus/der-archivar/der-heisse-sommer-1980-zueri-braennt|title=Der heisse Sommer 1980: "Züri brännt"|publisher=SRF Kultur|author=Franz Kasperski|language=German|date=2015-01-16|accessdate=2015-01-17}} Another incident was the 1968 Globuskrawalle, rioting that took place at the former Globus department store building at the Bahnhofbrücke Zürich.{{cite web|url=http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D17349.php|title=Jugendunruhen|publisher=HDS|author=Marco Tackenberg|language=German|date=2012-03-24|accessdate=2015-01-17}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kapo.zh.ch/internet/sicherheitsdirektion/kapo/de/ueber_uns.html|title=Über uns|publisher=Kantonspolizei Zürich|author=|language=German|date=|accessdate=2015-01-17}}
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,{{cite web|url=http://www.kapo.zh.ch/internet/sicherheitsdirektion/kapo/de/epolice.html|title=ePolice|publisher=Kantonspolizei Zürich|author=|language=German|date=|accessdate=2015-01-17}} and has run the Kriminalmuseum (criminal museum) in its headquarters since 1959.{{cite web|author=|date=|title=Kriminalmuseum|url=https://www.museums.ch/org/de/Kriminalmuseum-der-Kantonspolizei-Z--rich|accessdate=1 March 2021|website=museums.ch|language=German}} It maintains an international exchange program with police forces in other countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.srf.ch/player/tv/10vor10/video/nigerianische-polizisten-in-zuerich?id=111ec8a5-35e4-4501-a65c-28456d93cee8|title=Nigerianische Polizisten in Zürich|publisher=10vor10|author=|language=German|date=2012-11-02|accessdate=2015-01-17}}
Gallery
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
Gmüesbrugg (Rathausbrücke) - Kantonspolizei Rathausposten (P7800) 2015-09-29 16-01-31.JPG|The historic police station at Rathausbrücke Zürich–Limmatquai.
2012 'Tag der offenen Werft' - ZSG Werft Wollishofen - Kantonspolizei Zürich 2012-03-24 15-00-24.JPG|Motorboat in Wollishofen at the shipyards of Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft ZSG in March 2011.
Horgen_-_Pfannenstiel_-_Kantonspolizei_-_Zürichsee_2010-06-04_19-33-42.jpg|Kantonspolizei Zürich speedboat nearby Horgen, as seen from the ZSG paddle steamship.
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External links
{{commons category|Kantonspolizei Zürich}}
- {{Official website|http://www.kapo.zh.ch}} {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.zh.ch Website of the Government of the Canton of Zürich] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.kapo.zh.ch/internet/sicherheitsdirektion/kapo/de/ueber_uns/standorte/flughafen.html Website of the Zürich Airport Police] {{in lang|de}}
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Category:Law enforcement agencies of Switzerland