Swiss rail police to be equipped with body cameras
Select your language
Generated with artificial intelligence.
Listening: Swiss rail police to be equipped with body cameras
Swiss Federal Railways transport police officers will start wearing body cameras in September. Swiss Railways said Tuesday it hopes cameras will help defuse conflicts.
This content was published on
2 minutes
Keystone-SDA
Français
fr
La police des CFF se parera de caméras corporelles dès septembre
Original
The body camera does not record continuously, but is triggered when police officers intervene. The police will announce its activation verbally, if the situation permits, stated a press release.
An audible signal sounds and three front LEDs flash red when activated. The person being filmed will therefore clearly see when the camera is activated.
Each patrol will be equipped with at least one body camera, and 100 cameras will be purchased. The Transport Police has a staff of 200 officers who operate throughout Switzerland on trains and public transport sites.
Every year, they also provide security for over 500 major sporting events.
Translated from French by DeepL/mga
This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools such as DeepL to translate it into English. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles.
If you want to know more about how we work, have a look here, if you want to learn more about how we use technology, click here, and if you have feedback on this news story please write to english@swissinfo.ch.
Popular Stories
More
Workplace Switzerland
Meet the foreigners who make up a quarter of the Swiss population
What can be done to protect biodiversity in your country?
Swiss voters are set to decide on a people’s initiative calling for better protection of ecosystems in the country. Have your say on the September 22 vote.
Swiss city returns painting to Poland after provenance probe
This content was published on
The "Self-Portrait at the Age of 72" by Anton Graff, which disappeared during WWII, is returned by Winterthur to Poland..
Replica Hiroshima tricycle exhibits at Red Cross Museum
This content was published on
A bronze replica of a tricycle found in 1945 after the atomic explosion in Hiroshima has been on display at the International Red Cross Museum in Geneva.
Zurich Film Festival to host 35 world or European premieres
This content was published on
A host of stars are expected at this year's Zurich Film Festival (ZFF), which celebrates its 20th anniversary on October 3.
Switzerland’s population crosses the nine million mark
This content was published on
The permanent resident population in Switzerland exceeded nine million people for the first time at the end of June this year.
Swiss foreign ministry expresses concern after explosions in Lebanon
This content was published on
The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs has expressed its deep concern following the explosions in Lebanon on Tuesday. In a post on X, it calls on all parties to exercise the utmost restraint in order to prevent a major regional escalation.
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.