Police of the Czech Republic

What Police of the Czech Republic does

The Police of the Czech Republic (Policie České republiky, PČR) is the national law enforcement agency of the Czech Republic, established in 1991 under Act No. 283/1991 Coll. and operating under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior. It delivers comprehensive public safety services to all residents and citizens of the Czech Republic, including emergency response, criminal investigation, traffic safety enforcement, border and immigration control, weapons regulation, organized crime counter-operations, counter-terrorism, cybercrime prevention, and forensic analysis. The agency operates through 14 regional police directorates plus the Prague directorate, supported by eight specialized national units covering organized crime, terrorism and extremism, drug enforcement, alien and border police, rapid response, weapons and security materials, and forensic sciences.

The agency's core technology infrastructure is centered on the Emergency Line 158 (Tísňová linka 158), a 24/7 national call center handling voice calls and SMS that processed approximately 1.42 million calls in the most recent reporting year. The product portfolio follows a platform-plus-modules architecture: flagship emergency line, plus UBYPORT accommodation registration for foreign nationals (with web service, manual form, and file upload modules), the Centrální registr zbraní (CRZ) central weapons registry with verification services and GPS tracking, searchable databases for wanted persons, vehicles, stolen mobile phones, art objects, and unknown decedents, interactive crime mapping tools, a traffic information and accident statistics service, and a dedicated cybercrime prevention portal. Additional offerings include a podcast series, a VR-based recruitment center, and an open data initiative releasing machine-readable datasets.

The organization is fully government-funded through the Czech state budget with no commercial revenue generation from citizens; all services are provided free at point of use. International cooperation includes EU and Schengen-area partner agencies for cross-border information sharing and joint operations, and a knowledge transfer partnership with the Rwanda Forensic Institute under the Security Development Cooperation Project.

Name

Police of the Czech Republic

Legal name

Policie České republiky

Website

https://policie.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Police of the Czech Republic is the national law enforcement agency serving all Czech citizens through emergency response, criminal investigation, traffic safety, and public safety services, funded by the state budget and operating across 14 regional directorates and specialized national units.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Prague

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Funded through state budget as part of Ministry of Interior. No direct revenue generation from citizens. Services provided free at point of use.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Police of the Czech Republic is the national law enforcement agency providing 24/7 emergency response via line 158, criminal investigation, traffic safety enforcement, weapons regulation, foreign national accommodation registration, cybercrime prevention, and forensic analysis services to citizens, businesses, and government entities across the Czech Republic. It operates through 14 regional directorates plus Prague and specialized national units covering organized crime, counter-terrorism, drug enforcement, and border policing.

Product overview

The Police of the Czech Republic (Policie České republiky) operates a portfolio of public-facing digital services built around its core emergency response infrastructure. The primary product is Tísňová linka 158 (Emergency Line 158), a national emergency hotline handling voice and SMS communications, complemented by a network of specialized databases and information systems. Key products include the UBYPORT accommodation registration system (with web service, manual form, and file upload modules), the Centrální registr zbraní (CRZ) central weapons registry, the Pátrání po osobách/vozidlech person and vehicle search databases, and various crime analysis tools including Mapy kriminality (crime maps) and Mapa varen a pěstíren (production facility maps). Additional offerings include traffic information services, open data portals, a cybercrime prevention portal, a virtual recruitment center, and podcast content. The overall architecture follows a platform-plus-modules model where the emergency line serves as the flagship consumer-facing service, with specialized databases and registries serving both law enforcement and citizen reporting needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tísňová linka 158 (Emergency Line 158): National emergency telephone line for police assistance

Products and services

• Tísňová linka 158 (Emergency Line 158) National 24/7 emergency hotline allowing citizens to contact police for urgent assistance, accepting both voice calls and SMS messages. The line handled 1,421,608 calls in the previous year. The service is provided free to all Czech Republic citizens and residents.
• Pátrání po osobách (Person Search Database) Online searchable database of wanted and missing persons maintained by the Police of the Czech Republic, accessible to the public for searching and submitting tips.
• Pátrání po vozidlech (Vehicle Search Database) Searchable database for locating wanted and stolen vehicles, available to the public and law enforcement.
• Odcizené mobilní telefony (Stolen Mobile Phone Database) Database for reporting and searching stolen mobile phones.
• Mapy kriminality (Crime Maps) Interactive mapping tool displaying crime statistics and patterns across the Czech Republic for public awareness and prevention.
• Mapa varen a pěstíren (Production Facility Map) Interactive map showing locations of detected illegal drug production and cultivation facilities across the Czech Republic.
• UBYPORT (Accommodation Registration System) Electronic system for lodging accommodation notifications for foreign nationals. Provides three entry modules: manual form entry, structured UNL text file upload, and web service for direct application-to-server communication. Mandatory for accommodation providers with business registration.
• Centrální registr zbraní (Central Weapons Registry, CRZ) Information system for central registration of firearms, ammunition, and security materials. Provides verified registry extracts, test range listings, commission examination schedules, and weapon holder verification services. Includes GPS tracking for weapon transport.
• Databáze PNR (Passenger Name Record Database) Database for processing passenger name record data for law enforcement purposes.
• Databáze PSEUD (PSEUD Database) Database for searching artistic objects, supporting the police's art theft investigation unit.
• Databáze Ztotožnění mrtvol (Unknown Decedent Identification Database) Database for identification of unknown deceased persons.
• Dopravní informace (Traffic Information Service) Real-time traffic information service providing road conditions, incidents, and travel updates for the public.
• Statistiky dopravních nehod (Traffic Accident Statistics) Daily statistics and reporting on traffic accidents in the Czech Republic.
• Kyberkriminalita Portal (Cybercrime Portal) Dedicated portal covering cybercrime topics including fraud, morality crimes, violence, cyber attacks, and prevention information for citizens and at-risk individuals.
• Otevřená data PČR (Open Data) Open data initiative providing machine-readable datasets related to police operations and statistics, freely accessible for legal use without licensing restrictions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,421,608 emergency calls handled annually

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and flagship.

• Rwanda Forensic InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 August 2026International knowledge transfer partnership under Security Development Cooperation Project. Kriminalistický ústav (Forensic Institute) hosted delegation for professional training in forensic techniques.
• Ministry of Interior of the Czech RepubliccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolice of the Czech Republic operates under the Ministry of Interior (Ministerstvo vnitra). The ministry serves as the supervising authority and provides budgetary funding and policy direction.
• EU and Schengen Area PartnersflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in European Union police cooperation frameworks and Schengen Information System for cross-border law enforcement data sharing and joint operations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Europol: EU agency for law enforcement cooperation, headquartered in The Hague, providing the criminal intelligence framework, secure information exchange networks (SIENA), and joint operations that Czech police units directly participate in via Schengen Information System ties.
• INTERPOL: International Criminal Police Organization, the principal supranational body coordinating cross-border police cooperation in which Police of the Czech Republic is a participating National Central Bureau; relevant for intelligence sharing and joint operations.

Direct peers

• Bundespolizei (Federal Police of Germany): Germany's federal police, comparable in EU integration, Schengen operations, and border-protection mandate, and a direct operational counterpart for cross-border intelligence and joint operations with Czech counterparts.
• Politie (National Police of the Netherlands): Dutch national police organized into regional units and national services, a direct EU peer with very high digital service maturity (online declarations, online wanted-person databases), a comparable model for the Czech police's digital transformation trajectory.
• Polisen (Swedish Police Authority): Sweden's national police authority, a structurally similar national force with comparable regional structure, strong digital service adoption, and EU/Schengen cross-border cooperation use cases.
• Polícia Slovenskej republiky (Police of Slovakia): Slovakia's national police force, the closest geographic, legal-inheritance, and structural peer to the Police of Czech Republic, both descending from the former Czechoslovak federal police, using comparable ranks, regional directorates, and EU/Schengen integration approaches.
• Federal Police of Austria (Bundespolizei): Austrian federal police with similar population scale, Schengen Area membership, and bilingual/multi-region operational structure, sharing EU police cooperation frameworks and cybercrime units with the Czech agency.

Broad incumbents

• Metropolitan Police Service: UK's largest territorial police force, a much larger incumbent offering direct analog services (emergency line, online crime reporting, missing-person databases) frequently cited as a benchmark for European digital police services.
• National Police of France (Police nationale): France's national civilian police force, a much larger incumbent offering comparable patrol, criminal investigation, counter-terrorism, and cybercrime functions, and a reference operational model for EU peers like the Czech police.
• FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation): U.S. federal investigative and domestic intelligence agency, a much larger incumbent operating national crime databases, criminal profiling, cyber division, and international liaison functions analogous to those maintained by the Czech National Centre against Organised Crime, Terrorism, and Cybercrime.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/PolicieCZ
• Facebookfacebook.com/PolicieCZ
• Instagraminstagram.com/PolicieCZ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/police-of-the-czech-republic

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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