Duties of the Security Directorate (ORVSID)

1. The Directorate of Security (SiD) performs duties in the area of protection and safety. It coordinates security policy measures.

2. It specifically carries out tasks in the areas according to Article 5, Paragraph 1 of the Decree of 11 September 2019 on the Tasks of the Directorates and the State Chancellery and the Designations of the Directorates (ADSD).

1. The Directorate of Security is organized according to Annex 1 into the General Secretariat (GS SID) and the following organizational units

a) Cantonal Police (KAPO),

b) Office for Road Traffic and Navigation (SVSA),

c) Office for Justice Enforcement (AJV),

d) Office for Population Services (ABEV),

e) Office for Civil Protection, Sports, and Military (BSM).

2. The General Secretariat and the other organizational units are structured as needed into staffs, departments, enforcement facilities, sub-departments, and offices.

3. For the following areas of responsibility, branches of the central administration will be established

a) Civil Protection, Sports, and Military,

b) Police,

c) Justice Enforcement,

d) Civil Registry and Identification,

e) Authorization for Road and Naval Traffic.

1. Permanent Commissions Assigned to the Directorate

a **\* Contact Committee for Security between Canton and Municipalities,

b **\* Expert Commission for Sports,

c **\* Commission for the Prostitution Trade.

2. The Government Council and the Directorate may establish additional advisory commissions. The establishment of permanent commissions is carried out by regulation.

1. The Director manages the Directorate and makes all decisions within the Directorate's scope of duties, insofar as the decision-making authority is not assigned to the General Secretariat, an office, or another organizational unit by legislation or by internal regulations.

2. He or she issues a Directorate Ordinance and internal regulations under Article 21 paragraph 2 and Article 25a paragraph 2 OrG, as well as relevant provisions of personnel and financial legislation, and determines the organization of the Directorate in detail, specifically

a) the structure of the Cantonal Police and the offices into divisions and departments,

b) the assignment of individual tasks to the divisions and departments,

c) the collaboration within the Directorate,

d ***) the delegation of authority, particularly with regard to personnel and financial powers, as well as other decision-making and disposal powers, subject to special legal provisions,

e) deputization,

f) internal information,

g) public information,

h) the structure and responsibilities of the General Secretariat.

3. The Director approves the regulations of the Cantonal Police and the offices and issues job descriptions for all employees directly subordinate to him or her.

1. The Secretary-General, the Chief of Police, as well as the Heads of Departments ensure the fulfillment of the duties of their organizational unit.

2. They define in writing the tasks, competencies, and responsibilities of the employees and outline the organization and processes of their organizational unit in a regulation insofar as the rules of procedure require supplementation.

3. These provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the heads of staff and divisions as well as to decentralized branches.

1. The General Secretariat

a) supports and advises the Director in the leadership, supervision, and fulfillment of the Directorate's tasks,

b) performs the tasks of the Directorate that do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Cantonal Police or any office,

c) reviews applications, transactions, and proposals submitted by the Cantonal Police or the Directorate's offices, unless otherwise stipulated,

d) manages communications with the Government Council, the Directorates, the State Chancellery, the bodies of the Grand Council, as well as federal and other cantonal authorities,

e) coordinates the activities among the Cantonal Police and the offices,

f) handles parliamentary initiatives,

g) is responsible for the preparation of legislation within the Directorate's domain,

h) instructs on complaints that the Directorate must decide upon or submit to the Government Council,

i) coordinates financial matters, accounting, human resources management, controlling, and other cross-sectional tasks, insofar as they do not fall within the jurisdiction of the Cantonal Police or any office,

k) manages issues related to gender equality within the Directorate,

l) is responsible for matters of bilingualism,

m) ...

n) runs the Office of the Bern Intervention Center Against Domestic Violence (big),

o) handles and coordinates all matters related to information technology, insofar as organizational units are not solely responsible,

o1) assumes the role of a service recipient for the offices (excluding the Cantonal Police) regarding the Information and Telecommunications Technology (ICT) services of the Office for Informatics and Organization,

p) implements gambling legislation and manages the lottery and sports funds,

q) advises municipalities within the Directorate's remit, insofar as the Cantonal Police or an office cannot provide the advice,

r) prepares, in collaboration with the involved entities, the Directorate's orders concerning contentious claims against the canton for compensation or satisfaction (Art. 104 of the Personnel Act of September 16, 2004 [PG][[3]](#enumeration_itemtext_content_fn_901285_2_3_c)),

s) coordinates public information about the Directorate's activities,

t) represents the Government Council and the Directorate in the business domain of the Security Directorate before cantonal and federal administrative justice authorities and courts, unless the legal system provides a specific regulation or the Director assigns the representation to another organizational unit in individual cases.

1. The Cantonal Police

a) takes measures to identify and avert specific dangers to public safety and order, as well as threats to people, animals, and the environment, and to eliminate disturbances that have occurred,

b) assists individuals who are in immediate danger to life and limb,

c) implements measures for the detection, prevention, and prosecution of criminal offenses,

d) takes immediate action in the event of disasters and other extraordinary incidents in accordance with federal and cantonal legislation,

e) provides administrative and execution assistance to administrative and judicial authorities, insofar as it is legally required or necessary for the enforcement of the legal order,

f) is responsible for intelligence gathering depending on the development of the disaster or emergency at the cantonal, regional, and district levels,

g) operates the cantonal alarm and operations center along with a cantonal situation center and a unified security radio network for the security and rescue organizations operating within the canton’s territory, and ensures the information of the public as well as the reception and dissemination of damage and alarm reports within the Swiss network,

h) implements measures to maintain and enhance safety in road traffic and on public waters,

i) provides an honor guard,

k) is responsible for central procurement of vehicles, fuel, and mobility services,

l) represents the government council and the directorate in their area of business before cantonal and federal administrative judicial authorities and courts,

m) fulfills the tasks assigned to the canton in the area of state protection pursuant to federal law,

n) acts as the authorization and supervisory authority in the field of private security services.

2. It manages financial, accounting, and personnel matters, information technology, controlling, and other cross-sectional tasks within its area of responsibility.

1. The Road Traffic and Shipping Office

a fulfills all tasks assigned to it as a road traffic, shipping authority, or authority of economic national supply and collaborates at the federal and inter-cantonal level in the uniform enforcement of road traffic and shipping regulations,

b manages the admission of individuals (drivers and ship operators, driving instructors), road vehicles, and ships to traffic,

c carries out the tasks assigned to it in the area of administrative measures against drivers and owners of road vehicles and ships,

d-e ...

f assesses federal and cantonal levies for road vehicles and ships and assists in their collection.

2. It manages financial, accounting, and personnel matters, information technology, controlling, as well as other cross-sectional tasks within its area of responsibility.

1. The Office for Correctional Services

a) fulfills all tasks related to correctional services subject to Article 11 paragraph 1 letter i,

b) performs the tasks provided for in the Swiss Criminal Code of December 21, 1937 (StGB) within the framework of probation assistance and social support,

c) is responsible for the planning, conceptualization, management, and operation of the correctional facilities associated with it,

d) handles the correctional administration and maintains a correctional register.

2. It manages finance, accounting, and personnel matters, as well as information technology, controlling, and other cross-sectional tasks within its area of responsibility.

1. The Office for Population Services

a) performs tasks in the area of foreign nationals and asylum law to the extent that these tasks are not assigned to another authority,

b) exercises professional supervision over municipalities in the area of foreign nationals law,

c) carries out duties in the area of civil status and citizenship law, issues the corresponding decrees, and decides on the recognizability of civil status events and decisions occurring abroad for the Swiss legal area,

d) manages the civil status offices, ensures direct supervision, and performs all tasks assigned to the cantonal supervisory authority by the Federal Civil Status Ordinance of April 28, 2004 (ZStV),

e-f) ...

g) serves as the passport office of the canton and operates the identification document centers,

h) ...

i) executes criminal deportation orders.

2. It manages the finance, accounting, and human resources departments, information technology, controlling, and other cross-sectional tasks within its area of responsibility.

1. The Office for Civil Protection, Sports, and Military

a **\* executes and monitors all personnel and material tasks assigned to the canton in the military sector,

b **\* serves as the cantonal specialist agency for civil protection and cultural property protection,

c **\* executes the tasks of the Directorate of Security related to disasters and emergencies, as long as they are not assigned to another organizational unit,

d **\* oversees the training of civilian leadership bodies at the cantonal level and ensures the training of coordinated operations,

e **\* supports the civilian leadership bodies in handling disasters and emergencies,

f **\* ...

g **\* identifies and assesses army members liable for compensation as assigned to the canton and manages the collection,

h **\* administers and manages the Bernese military facilities,

i **\* undertakes tasks in the field of national economic supply, under the reservation of responsibilities of other directorates, and appoints the cantonal delegate for national economic supply (KDWL),

k **\* is the cantonal competence center in the area of sports, subject to the responsibilities of the Directorate of Education and Culture,

l **\* operates the office of the cantonal leadership body (KFO) and the Care Team Canton Bern.

2. It manages finance, accounting, and human resources, information technology, controlling, as well as other cross-functional tasks within its area of responsibility.

1. The Directorate comprises the following key positions

a) a Secretary General,

b) **\*** two Deputy Secretaries General,

c) a Police Commander,

d) **\*** a Deputy Police Commander,

e) **\*** four Heads of Department.

2. The internal regulations specify the other key positions.

1. The following enactments are amended

1. Act of September 11, 1985, on Disaster Relief and Comprehensive Defense in the Canton of Bern (GKG)[[6]](#enumeration_itemtext_content_fn_901336_2_6_c)

2. Ordinance of December 17, 1986, on Disaster Relief and Comprehensive Defense in the Canton of Bern (VKG)[[7]](#enumeration_itemtext_content_fn_901337_2_7_c)

3. Ordinance of May 15, 1970, on the Cantonal Commission for Civil Protection[[8]](#enumeration_itemtext_content_fn_901338_2_8_c)

4. Ordinance of September 2, 1987, on Civil Protection in the Canton of Bern (KZSV)[[9]](#enumeration_itemtext_content_fn_901339_2_9_c)

5. Fire Protection and Service Regulations (FWV) of May 11, 1994[[10]](#enumeration_itemtext_content_fn_901340_2_10_c)

1. This regulation shall enter into force on January 1, 1996.