Police intercommunale

What Police intercommunale does

ACoPol — formally "Association des communes pour l'exploitation d'un corps de police intercommunale" — is a Swiss inter-municipal police association operating under public law since its founding on August 31, 2005. It delivers local policing services to five communes in the Canton of Fribourg: Corminboeuf, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Villars-sur-Glâne, and Matran. The service portfolio covers patrol, parking enforcement, traffic-fine processing, prevention campaigns, continuing police education, and centralized lost-and-found handling via the Easyfind platform. Online citizen complaint filing is enabled through the Suisse ePolice platform, providing a digital front door alongside the physical headquarters at Route du Petit-Moncor 1F, Villars-sur-Glâne.

The operating model is institutional rather than commercial: ACoPol is funded by contributions from its five member communes, with no product pricing, customer acquisition motion, or revenue-growth mechanics. With 8 employees listed (likely administrative headcount; uniformed officer count is not separately disclosed), the association is lean and depends on shared services, partnerships, and outsourced digital platforms to deliver its mandate. Strategic partners include the Institut Suisse de Police (training), the Canton de Fribourg (coordination), Easyfind (lost-and-found), and Suisse ePolice (online complaints).

Institutional maturity is evidenced by a 20-year operating history, annual activity reports dating back to 2013, and a public 20th-anniversary celebration on August 31, 2025, attended by approximately 200 people. The entity's expansion logic is bounded by its member-commune charter — adding communes, geographic reach, or new commercial lines is structurally outside its mandate — so the investment-relevant signal is operational stability, cost discipline, and incremental service digitization rather than growth.

Name

Police intercommunale

Legal name

ACoPol - Association des communes pour l'exploitation d'un corps de police intercommunale

Website

https://acopol.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ACoPol is a Swiss inter-municipal public-law police association serving five communes in the Canton of Fribourg (Corminboeuf, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Villars-sur-Glâne, Matran) since 2005, delivering patrol, parking enforcement, lost-and-found, online complaints, and prevention services funded by member communes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Police Services

NAICS

Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612), Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services (56161), Investigation and Security Services (5616), Police Protection (92212)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Mobile Patrol & Alarm Response (BPAKAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Parking & Curbside Management Authorities (Municipal Parking, Permits, Loading Zones) (BPAIALAL)

Keywords

• Intercommunal policing
• Community safety
• Parking enforcement
• Traffic enforcement
• Lost and found services

Headquarters

HQ city

Villars-sur-Glâne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

ACoPol delivers intercommunal municipal police services to the five Fribourg communes of Corminboeuf, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Villars-sur-Glâne, and Matran. Core services include randomized day-and-night patrols for citizen safety, parking enforcement and long-duration vignette issuance for Granges-Paccot, centralized lost-and-found management (via Easyfind), online complaint filing through Suisse ePolice, traffic fine processing, and public-safety prevention campaigns.

Product overview

ACoPol (Association des communes pour l'exploitation d'un corps de police intercommunale) is a unified police service serving five communes in the Fribourg canton of Switzerland. The organization provides a comprehensive range of public safety services including random patrol presence, parking enforcement with vignettes for Granges-Paccot, centralized lost and found management via Easyfind, online complaint filing through Suisse ePolice, and traffic violation processing. The service also delivers prevention campaigns and ongoing police education. ACoPol celebrated its 20th anniversary in August 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Police Patrol Services
• Parking Enforcement and Vignette System
• Lost and Found Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Institut Suisse de PolicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss Police Institute provides mandatory and continuing education courses for police officers, including firearms training and usage as part of ongoing professional development
• Canton de FribourgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Canton of Fribourg provides supplementary training courses for police officers, complementing the Institut Suisse de Police curriculum
• Suisse ePolicecoreTechnology or IntegrationNational Swiss police digital platform enabling citizens to file complaints online. ACoPol integrates this system to provide accessible digital services alongside traditional in-person reporting

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• Protectas SA: Major Swiss private security firm providing manned guarding, mobile patrols, and alarm response. Comparable to ACoPol in patrol-oriented service delivery, but operating as a commercial entity rather than a public intercommunal body.
• Securitas AG Switzerland: Switzerland's largest private security provider offering mobile patrols, alarm response, and guarding services. Addresses overlapping demand (commercial and residential protection) with ACoPol's public police mandate, particularly for properties that want supplemental private patrols.

Direct peers

• Police Nyon Région: Swiss intercommunal police association serving multiple communes in the Nyon region of Canton Vaud. Operates the same inter-municipal shared police model as ACoPol, making it a structurally and functionally close comparable.
• Police Ouest Lausannois (POL): Swiss intercommunal police association serving western Lausanne-area communes. Same intercommunal funding and operational model as ACoPol, providing services like patrols, parking, and digital complaint filing.
• Police municipale de Lausanne: Municipal police force providing community policing, parking enforcement, and digital complaint services within the City of Lausanne. Comparable service mix to ACoPol, though serving a single larger urban commune rather than an intercommunal grouping.
• Police Est Lausannois (PEL): Intercommunal police association in the eastern Lausanne agglomeration. Closely mirrors ACoPol's structure, scope, and service portfolio across multiple Vaud communes.
• Police Région Morges (PRM): Intercommunal police association pooling resources across several Vaud communes. Directly comparable to ACoPol in shared-cost governance, randomized patrols, and digital citizen services for member municipalities.

Others

• Suisse ePolice: National Swiss digital police-services platform that ACoPol integrates with for online complaint filing. Not a competitor, but a critical enabling partner in ACoPol's digital service delivery stack.
• Easyfind: Swiss centralized lost-and-found platform used by ACoPol since 2014. Functions as a technology infrastructure provider for ACoPol's found-objects service rather than a competing operator.

Broad incumbents

• Police cantonale fribourgeoise: The cantonal-level police authority in the same Canton de Fribourg where ACoPol operates. Both provide police services in overlapping territory, with the cantonal force serving as the broader incumbent while ACoPol handles intercommunal duties.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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