Bundesamt für Polizei fedpol

What Bundesamt für Polizei fedpol does

Bundesamt für Polizei fedpol (Federal Office of Police) is a Swiss federal government agency headquartered in Bern and operating under the Federal Department of Justice and Police (EJPD/DFJP). Its core function is national-level police coordination: serving as the permanent federal link between Switzerland's 26 cantonal police corps, City Police Zurich, the Swiss Police Institute (SPI), the Schweizerische Vereinigung Städtischer Polizeichefs (SVSP), and Liechtenstein's national police. The agency's Director holds a standing seat on the Konferenz der Kantonalen Polizeikommandantinnen und -kommandanten der Schweiz (KKPKS), the conference that leads operational implementation of political objectives across all substantive police matters.

fedpol's operational portfolio centers on coordination, doctrine, and shared infrastructure rather than commercial products. It operates the Hoogan system (Elektronische Darstellung der Lage im Schweizer Sport), which tracks and reports on incidents at Swiss sports events including Super League football matches, and it supports the Cybercrimepolice.ch national prevention platform, which as of 21 April 2026 is available in German, French, and Italian. The agency also contributes to national initiatives such as Modell PROGRESSO (violence prevention at football matches) and demonstrates capability in coordinating major-event security of G7 scale.

fedpol is a non-commercial public-sector entity. It is funded through the Swiss federal budget and has no external shareholders, no pricing model, and no GTM motion. Communication occurs through official government channels, press releases coordinated with KKPKS, and professional media relations. The agency's "customer" base is structural — the cantonal and city police forces, federal authorities, and citizens served through national prevention platforms — and its value proposition is regulatory and coordinative rather than competitive.

Name

Bundesamt für Polizei fedpol

Legal name

Bundesamt für Polizei fedpol

Website

https://swisspolice.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bundesamt für Polizei fedpol is the Swiss federal police office that coordinates national police policy among cantonal forces, city police, and federal authorities via the KKPKS conference, operating shared platforms such as Hoogan and Cybercrimepolice.ch.

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Product category

Federal Law Enforcement

NAICS

Police Protection (92212)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Public Safety & Emergency Management (Police, Fire, EMS Oversight) (BPAIABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB)

Keywords

• Federal law enforcement
• Police coordination
• Cybercrime prevention
• Public safety
• Criminal statistics

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Bundesamt für Polizei fedpol is the Swiss Federal Office of Police, providing national-level coordination between cantonal police forces and federal authorities. It operates the Hoogan system for tracking incidents at Swiss sports events, supports the Cybercrimepolice.ch public information platform available in German, French, and Italian, contributes to the Modell PROGRESSO violence prevention framework, and publishes the national Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) annual report.

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Products and services

• Hoogan

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Konferenz der Kantonalen Polizeikommandantinnen und -kommandanten der Schweiz (KKPKS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partnerfedpol, represented by its Director, is a member of KKPKS which serves as the national coordination body for all Swiss police corps. Membership includes cantonal police commanders, the commander of City Police Zurich, the Director of fedpol, the Director of the Swiss Police Institute (SPI), the President of SVSP, and the Police Chief of Liechtenstein's national police.
• KKPKS / Cantonal Police ForcescoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerfedpol operates the Hoogan system (Elektronische Darstellung der Lage im Schweizer Sport von Fedpol), which tracks and reports on incidents at Swiss sports events, including football matches in the Super League.
• Swiss Police EcosystemcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerfedpol supports the national cybercrime prevention platform Cybercrimepolice.ch, which is now available in German, French, and Italian, providing coordinated national cybercrime information to citizens and police.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Polizia di Stato (Italy): Italy's national civilian police force coordinating public order, criminal investigation, and emergency response — comparable as a national-level policing body coordinating subnational law enforcement.
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP): Canada's federal police service, performing both federal-level investigations and contract policing for provinces and municipalities — a direct comparator for federalism-driven police coordination.
• Australian Federal Police (AFP): Australia's federal law enforcement body, combining national coordination, criminal investigations, and international liaison — functionally aligned with fedpol's mandate in a federal system.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): U.S. federal investigative and domestic intelligence agency; while vastly larger, it plays the same role as a federal-level coordinator for serious, interstate, and cross-jurisdictional crime and counter-terrorism.
• UK National Crime Agency: UK lead agency against organized and serious crime, coordinating across regional police forces and border agencies — a structurally close analog to fedpol's role in harmonizing subnational police activity.
• Police Nationale (France): France's national civilian police force, providing centralized coordination, criminal investigation, and intelligence functions — comparable in scope of national-level policing mandate.
• Bundeskriminalamt (BK) Austria: Austrian federal criminal police office, very close structural match given the shared German-speaking legal tradition and similarly federal governance context.
• Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) Germany: Germany's federal criminal police office, the closest structural analog to fedpol: a federal body that coordinates national criminal investigations, intelligence sharing, and interstate casework, with similar international liaison functions.

Broad incumbents

• INTERPOL: Global organization enabling cross-border police cooperation; aligns with fedpol's international liaison and information-sharing function, but operates as an intergovernmental network rather than a national agency.
• Europol: EU agency supporting member-state law enforcement with intelligence, analysis, and cross-border coordination; comparable to fedpol's international liaison and coordination role but operating at the supranational level.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bundesamt-f%C3%BCr-polizei-fedpol

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