Police du Chablais Vaudois - EPOC

What Police du Chablais Vaudois - EPOC does

Police du Chablais Vaudois (EPOC) is an intercommunal police association established in May 2012 under Swiss cantonal law (Loi sur les communes), formed by the municipalities of Aigle, Bex, and Ollon in the Canton of Vaud. EPOC delivers statutory municipal police services across approximately 170 km² to roughly 26,000 permanent residents plus seasonal tourists, organized around four operational services: Police-secours (24/7 emergency response), Service Proximité (community policing and prevention), Service Manifestation-Signalisation (event management and traffic signaling), and Service Coordination & Planification (operational planning). The force comprises approximately 54 sworn officers and 20 civilian collaborators supported by 8 Public Security Assistants, deployed across a main station in Aigle, branch posts in Bex, Ollon, and Villars-sur-Ollon, plus a mobile police station for neighborhood outreach.

The technology backbone consists of standard police information systems — EpsiPol and EpiPour for fine management, POLAP for national/international police inquiries, TimeAs for scheduling, CIDERP for inventory, GéoCommunes for cartographic and parking data, and the Polycom radio network — none of which are proprietary to EPOC and all of which are deployed for interoperability rather than differentiation. Underlying infrastructure modernization in 2022 included new servers and replacement of the legacy GEFI system with EpsiPol at a fixed cost of CHF 243,833.80 and recurring costs of CHF 27,430.10 annually.

Funding flows primarily from municipal contributions by the three partner communes, supplemented by transactional revenue from traffic and parking fines, administrative service fees, event permits (processed via the POCAMA portal), and parking macaron sales (50 CHF/month, 100 CHF/six months, 200 CHF/annual). Governance is provided by a 17-member Intercommunal Council and a three-person Executive Committee (Comité de direction) chaired by municipal councilor Diane Morattel. The organization is not a commercially investable entity; it is a public-law association with no equity, no venture funding, and revenues determined by statutory municipal funding formulas.

Name

Police du Chablais Vaudois - EPOC

Legal name

Association de communes Police du Chablais vaudois (EPOC)

Website

https://police-du-chablais.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EPOC is an intercommunal police association in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, delivering statutory municipal policing, emergency response, and community safety services to ~26,000 residents across the communes of Aigle, Bex, and Ollon through four police stations and approximately 74 staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Aigle

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Municipal Contributions: Annual contributions from the three partner communes (Aigle, Bex, Ollon) based on population and service agreements to fund police operations
2. Fines and Penalties: Revenue from traffic fines, parking violations, and penalty notices processed through the police commission
3. Service Fees and Emoluments: Fees for administrative services including parking macarons, police reports, event permits, taxi licenses, and other regulatory services
4. Parking Macaron Sales: Revenue from preferential parking permits: 50 CHF/month, 100 CHF for 6 months, 200 CHF for 12 months for Bex Vinicole and Bellevue parks

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EPOC is an intercommunal police association that delivers statutory municipal police services across the communes of Aigle, Bex, and Ollon in the Canton of Vaud. Its core offering is the provision of 24/7 emergency response, community-oriented proximity policing, event coordination and signaling, traffic enforcement, parking management, fine processing, and prevention programs, delivered through a network of four physical posts, a mobile police station, and an online services portal funded primarily by municipal contributions from the partner communes.

Product overview

Police du Chablais Vaudois (EPOC) is an intercommunal police association formed in 2012 serving the municipalities of Aigle, Bex, and Ollon. The organization provides a comprehensive suite of police services structured around four core operational divisions: Police-secours (24/7 emergency response), Service Proximité (community policing and prevention), Service Manifestation-Signalisation (event management and traffic control), and Service Coordination & Planification (operational planning and logistics). Supporting services include Public Security Assistants (ASP), fine management, contravention processing, lost and found services, and parking administration. With approximately 54 police officers and 20 support staff, EPOC serves a population of approximately 26,000 residents across 170+ km², with additional seasonal visitors in tourist areas like Villars-sur-Ollon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Service Police-secours 24/7 emergency police service providing rapid response to urgent situations across the intercommunal territory of Aigle, Bex, and Ollon.
• Service Proximité Community policing service focused on crime prevention, visible presence and community engagement through foot patrols, cyclist patrols, school safety programs and public outreach.
• Service Manifestation-Signalisation Event management and traffic signaling service coordinating public and private events, handling event authorization through the POCAMA portal and deploying traffic signage.
• Service Coordination & Planification Operational coordination and planning service managing schedules, staffing, logistics, training and administrative continuity for the police force.
• Assistants de Sécurité Publique (ASP) Public Security Assistants handling parking violations, lost and found items, payment notifications, parking meter maintenance, event support and school safety patrols.
• Service des Amendes Fine management service processing traffic fines, speed violation fines and online payment services for penalties, supported by the EpsiPol/EpiPour software platform.
• Commission de Police Police commission handling contravention cases, private property parking violations (mise à ban) and enforcement of municipal regulations.
• Objets Trouvés (Lost and Found) Lost and found service managing objects discovered on the territory, integrated with the NovaFind and EasyFind national platforms.
• Stationnement (Parking Management) Parking management service including resident parking permits, macaron requests (Bex Vinicole, Bellevue) and parking violation enforcement.
• Prévention (Public Safety Prevention Program) Public safety prevention service covering cybercriminality, burglary, domestic violence, road safety, noise campaigns and other community safety topics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Definite accreditation achieved in 2017 after initial provisional period
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ESPRI AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2025Partnership with ESPRI for social and professional insertion of persons seeking training or employment. EPOC participates in the 'Regards croisés en confiance' (Crossed Glances in Trust) project to strengthen dialogue with all communities, particularly foreign communities, and guarantee equitable security founded on mutual trust.
• HumanRminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 September 2021Recruitment services company engaged for executive recruitment support, specifically for state-major replacement positions following retirement of key personnel in 2021.
• Association Démarche / STYYLEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2021Partnership for recovery and renovation of abandoned bicycles on public domain. STYYLE, part of the Démarche cooperative, provides second life to abandoned cycles while supporting professional reintegration. EPOC mandates the collection of abandoned bicycles.
• Canton of Vaud Police (Police cantonale vaudoise)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordination with cantonal police for specialized services, criminal investigations, and inter-agency operations. EPOC maintains interoperability and joint training with cantonal forces.
• Vaud Police Municipal Services Association (ACPMV)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership in the Association of Vaud Municipal Police Services for professional networking, best practice sharing, and collective advocacy.
• Vaud Public Security Services AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEPOC joined this association in November 2024 for collective representation and professional development in public security services.
• Direction générale de la mobilité et des routes (DGMR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCantonal authority for road mobility and management. Coordinates with EPOC for road restrictions, traffic management, events affecting cantonal roads (e.g., Tour de France Féminin), and infrastructure projects.
• Centre Prévention de l'Ale (CPAle)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrevention center providing mandatory counseling for domestic violence offenders expelled from homes. EPOC coordinates referrals for intervention cases.
• LAVI Victim Assistance Center (PROFA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation providing comprehensive support to violence victims. EPOC refers victims and coordinates with the center for comprehensive care.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Police Riviera: Another intercommunal police association in the Canton of Vaud serving multiple municipalities around Lake Geneva, operating under a similar pooled-resource model and community policing philosophy — the most directly comparable structural peer to EPOC.
• Police Nyon Région: Intercommunal police in Vaud serving the Nyon region through pooled resources across multiple communes, with comparable community policing, emergency response service structure, and Vaud cantonal coordination.

Broad incumbents

• Securitas SA: Switzerland's largest private security provider offering guarding and protective services. While operating in the private sector rather than public law enforcement, it provides comparable protective services to commercial clients in the same Swiss market.
• Police cantonale vaudoise: The cantonal police force of Vaud that EPOC explicitly coordinates with for specialized services and criminal investigations. It operates broader jurisdiction across the entire canton and represents the structural risk of cantonal centralization.

Regional players

• Police municipale de Montreux: Municipal police in the Vaud Riviera region with similar tourism-driven seasonality (Jazz Festival, Lake Geneva tourism) and small-town community policing approach analogous to EPOC's Villars operations.
• Police municipale de Lausanne: Large municipal police force serving Lausanne in the same canton of Vaud, providing comparable urban policing functions (emergency response, traffic, parking enforcement) but at a single-city scale rather than intercommunal.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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