Bern Solothurn police reduce opening hours at all locations
The Solothurn cantonal police are reducing counter opening hours at their 16 locations. In this way, the cantonal police say they want to increase efficiency in view of the high workload and at the same time react more flexibly to situations on site.
15.07.2024, 13:59
SDA
The dense network of police stations will remain in place, the Solothurn cantonal police announced on Monday. The stationed employees will also remain at their posts.
The new counter opening hours will apply from August 1. The counters at the five regional police stations in Breitenbach, Egerkingen, Grenchen, Olten and Solothurn as well as the Olten-City police station will be closed on Saturdays in future.
The counters at the medium-sized stations will now be open on four days of the week, while the small stations will be open on three days of the week. As a rule, the stations will be open from 09:00 to 17:00, and on Mondays until 17:30.
The opening hours of the public counters have hardly changed for decades. According to the press release, these are no longer up to date. In autumn 2023, customer frequency was surveyed at all police stations over several months. Many reports were made via the online police station "suisse-epolice.ch".
Using police resources flexibly
The police workload is generally very high, the report continued. Despite the recent increases in the number of police officers, the cantonal police force has one of the highest crime rates in Switzerland with one of the lowest police densities.
This means that the police have to set priorities and adjust services in the long term. Resources are no longer tied to the police stations to the same extent. They should therefore be deployed more flexibly. The police could react better to the situation on the ground and be more present where necessary, for example.
