Now and then The Stapo uniforms are dark blue

The Canton of Zurich police Department will be released this year in a slightly different Blue. A little darker shirts, a new cut in Jackets, new, ecologically produced textiles. "All a bit modern but not too modern", as the speaker of the Kapo, Werner Schaub says.

Since some weeks now, this is completed four years ago, launched a project this year the new uniforms. 3.2 million francs it cost. Under the Co-project Director of the Canton police of Zurich and Bern, Switzerland have developed twelve cantonal police corps, several city police forces and the SBB transport police, the corps of cross-renewal of work uniforms. "Such a large joint project, it was not the Swiss police landscape yet," says Schaub.

Only color adjustments in the Stapo

Not in the boat: the city police of Zurich. The previous uniforms, but will make color adjustments, so even on a dark blue switch. "The corps cross Uniform is in various respects not compatible with the new equipment of the city police," says the Stapo spokesman Marco Cortesi on request. In particular, you don't own vest to Wear along with the Stapo compulsory Stall.

The 80 police officers that volunteer for a Tragtest, came also to the conclusion that you prefer the current Uniform for the urban work in many areas.

Very different is the saw the about 250 employees of the other parties involved in the project of the police corps, which took part in a round a year and a half Tragversuch. "The uniforms for the corps are very satisfactory," says Kapo spokesman Schaub. He is satisfied overall with the project. In particular, because the design was elaborate.

In the mountains and in the flat country

"The requirements of the new Uniform were huge," he says. The new presentation should exude authority, but not intimidating. They had to meet in mountain regions, as well as in the flat country of their purpose. In addition, they had to meet high ecological and quality standards, but will not be too expensive. "The fact that we succeeded in that, makes me proud," says Schaub. With a part of the contract, the Zurich-based company "Cross-Fashion, was entrusted". The Swiss Textile College was in an Advisory capacity involved. The final Test made by the Swiss Federal material testing and research (Empa). (Tages-Anzeiger)

Created: 07.05.2019, 15:40 Uhr