Agreement on intercantonal police operations (IKAPOL) - Subject Matter (IKAPOL)

1. This Agreement governs the responsibilities, organization, and compensations for IKAPOL operations.

1. This agreement aims to establish streamlined, efficient procedures, avoid duplication of efforts, and ensure uniform, appropriate compensation reflective of the solidarity principle for IKAPOL operations, as well as a simple, uniform reporting, budgeting, and invoicing structure.

1. An IKAPOL operation within the meaning of this agreement occurs when a canton is unable to manage an event or incident with police resources despite support from neighboring cantons, concordat partners, or bilaterally from individual other police corps, and therefore relies on additional police forces.

**1. Principles Governing the Organization, Execution, and Reimbursement of IKAPOL Operations:**

a) The organizational procedures and decision-making processes take into account the police authority of the cantons.

b) IKAPOL operations are conducted according to standardized procedures and legal bases and are prioritized based on urgency.

c) * For each IKAPOL operation, the Working Group for National Intercantonal Police Cooperation (AG GIP) determines which body will decide on the allocation and deployment location of the forces and resources (police, army, Federal Office for Customs and Border Security / BAZG) provided for this event, unless they are subordinated to the commander of the deployment canton.

d) * The Operations Working Group of the Conference of Cantonal Police Commanders of Switzerland (AG OP) allocates the necessary police resources proportionally to the concordates and the cantons of Zurich (including Zurich city) and Ticino. The concordates decide internally on the distribution of the necessary forces among their members.

e) IKAPOL operations should be time-limited.

f) In terms of personnel and insurance, the deployed forces remain under the authority of their home corps.

g) The deployment canton ensures that individual police forces are on duty for approximately the same length of time.

h) * Before an IKAPOL operation is requested, the deployment canton must, in the case of planned events, negotiate with the client or organizer the financial compensation in a binding manner, either over a cost ceiling, a flat fee, or according to actual expenses.

i) For IKAPOL operations in favor of private events, the charges are calculated according to the fee schedule of the canton dispatching the forces, unless the federal government declares the event an extraordinary event.

j) * For operations in favor of the federal government that can be managed with forces within the concordate, the deployment canton invoices the federal government the rates applicable within the concordate. Where an agreement exists between the federal government and a canton or city, billing can be based on this agreement.

k) * The deployment canton does not bill for its police forces. Compensation by the federal government for extraordinary events remains reserved according to Articles 48 - 50 of the Ordinance on the Protection of Persons and Buildings under Federal Responsibility (VSB).

1. The following bodies are responsible for the organization and execution of IKAPOL operations

a) * Working Group on Nationwide Intercantonal Police Cooperation for Special Events of the Conference of Cantonal Directors of Justice and Police (KKJPD; AG GIP)

b) * Operations Working Group of the KKPKS (AG OP)

c) * Police Command Staff (FSTP)

1. The AG GIP coordinates the necessary inter-cantonal political steps in managing major events, taking into account the existing competencies. It has the following tasks in particular

a) * Political situation assessment based on the assessment of the AG OP

b) * Resolution on the applications of the AG OP

c) * Determination of the organizational schedule

d) * Issuance of guidelines for information management

e) * Clarification of financing issues for deployment

f) * Initiation of the evaluation of the deployment

g) * Decision based on the applications of the AG OP on whether the conditions for an IKAPOL deployment are fulfilled and whether it is a private event or an event of public interest; initiation of the IKAPOL deployment

h) * Submission of applications to the federal government for material and/or personnel support based on their own situation analysis

i) * Invitation to the cantons to provide support

j) * Acknowledgment of the deployment report, which they receive no later than six months after the conclusion of a deployment.

2. Under the chairmanship of the President of the KKJPD, the AG GIP includes the following persons

a) * The chairpersons of the four Swiss police concordats

b) * Two representatives of the federal government

c) * Government member(s) of the event canton(s)

d) * Cantonal police commander(s) of the event canton(s)

e) * Responsible government members of the Cantons of Zurich and Ticino as well as the City of Zurich

f) * President of the KKPKS.

1. The AG OP is an advisory, proposing, coordinating, and supporting body for managing major events.

With the exception of operational-tactical directives to the FSTP (see below j), it does not have the right to issue directives nor does it have operative leadership responsibility. It has, in particular, the following event-specific tasks

a) * Assessment of the situation from an operational perspective

b) * Definition of the necessary personnel and material resources

c) * Coordination of the provision of these resources

d) * Development of the basis for political decisions that need to be proposed

e) * Review of requests from the concordats and the cantons of Zurich and Ticino for IKAPOL deployments

f) * Provision of decision-making foundations

g) * Possible referral of requests for supplementation

h) * Proposal submission to the AG GIP regarding needed forces and approach

i) * Support of the leading corps in drafting the operations plan

j) * Definition of the composition and leadership of the FSTP

k) * Ensuring continuous information exchange with the deployment canton or cantons

l) * Informing the members of the KKPKS and, if necessary, the President of the KKJPD about the outcomes of their activities.

2. Under the chairmanship of the President of the KKPKS, the following persons are members of the AG OP

a) * The Police Concordat Presidents of the four concordats

b) * The Director of the Federal Office of Police (fedpol)

c) * The Director of the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS)

d) * The Commander of the police of the deployment canton

e) * The Commander of the cantons of Zurich and Ticino, as well as the city of Zurich

1. The FSTP is subordinated as a permanent body to the AG OP. It can also be subordinated to an operationally leading canton if necessary. The FSTP, on behalf of the AG OP, manages the national police situation, coordinates IKAPOL operations, and allocates resources not included in the IKAPOL disposition.

2. The FSTP, as a permanent body of the AG OP, constitutes itself within the framework of its guidelines.

3. The head of the FSTP is appointed by the Board of KKPKS.

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1. As soon as a foreseeable or unforeseen major event becomes known, the primarily affected canton informs the President of the KKPKS, under whose leadership the AG OP convenes. The concordats themselves regulate who and when may approach the President of the Concordat with a request for an IKAPOL deployment.

2. The concordat examines the request and assesses the requested deployment of forces. If it concludes that the forces within the concordat itself and despite bilateral support from other corps are insufficient, it submits an application to the AG OP.

3. The President of the KKPKS issues directives for situation assessment and sets the date for the AG OP meeting. The President of the KKPKS informs the Secretary General (GS) of the KKJPD about the upcoming IKAPOL deployment. The President of the KKPKS conducts the AG OP meeting and transmits the decision to the GS KKJPD.

4. In the case of unforeseeable major events, such as large-scale disasters affecting multiple cantons, the police crisis team is formed from the AG GIP and the AG OP, which meets for immediate situation assessment and decision-making. This police crisis team serves as the point of contact for the cantonal and national disaster organization.

1. IKAPOL Deployments shall be compensated to the cantons providing police forces at CHF 750 per deployment force for every 24 hours, starting from departure from the home corps and ending upon arrival back at the home corps. The type of service—deployment, standby, rest—does not matter. The commenced day is considered.

2. Deployment forces set on standby in the home corps in favor of the IKAPOL deployment canton, who must arrive in the deployment area within 24 hours, will be compensated at CHF 200 per deployment force for each commenced day. Preparations including mission-oriented training prior to a deployment will not be charged.

3. Assistance provided by concordats among themselves and bilateral support for events that are directly or indirectly related to the IKAPOL deployment event are to be borne by these concordats or cantons.

1. For IKAPOL operations in favor of private events, the rates are charged according to the fee schedule of the canton sending the deployment forces.

2. For events declared by the federal government as extraordinary incidents based on Art. 52 para. 2 VSB, the IKAPOL rates apply.

1. For the IKAPOL operations, the canton that incurs the costs is the one on whose territory the IKAPOL forces are deployed or kept on reserve for its benefit.

2. If an IKAPOL operation begins in one canton and ends in another, the canton where the operation began shall bear the costs.

1. Transportation and vehicle costs shall be invoiced according to the rates of the supporting canton, which also assumes responsibility for accommodation and meals. Material costs may be invoiced.

1. This Agreement shall enter into force once all cantons have declared their accession.

The accession is to be communicated to the KKJPD. The KKJPD shall notify the Confederation of the entry into force.

1. Upon the request of a canton, the CCJPD shall promptly initiate a partial or total revision of the agreement.

2. The amendment enters into force as soon as all cantons have agreed to it.

1. The agreement is valid for an indefinite period.

2. It can be terminated with a notice period of two years at the end of any year by notification to the KKJPD, but not before the end of the 10th year since coming into effect.

3. The termination by one canton terminates the agreement.

1. Upon the entry into force of this agreement, the current administrative agreement dated April 5, 1979, regarding the costs of inter-cantonal police operations pursuant to Article 16 of the Federal Constitution, shall be repealed.