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The partial revision of the Uri Police Act provides, among other things, for threat management and automated vehicle searches.
The cantonal police of other cantons such as Zurich or Bern already have one – Uri now wants to follow suit: a specialist “threat management” unit. This is intended to detect early on if an act of violence could be imminent. This can include threats, stalking, harassment or domestic violence.
People who become violent often have early signs. The experience of police work clearly shows this, emphasizes the Uri government, which wants to have the new threat management enshrined in the police law. If you recognize the signs, there is also a chance of defusing a situation so that violence does not break out.
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Prevent violence: The new threat management aims to create a body that coordinates cases between different authorities and organizations. (symbol image)
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This is also how the Uri cantonal parliament, the district administrator, saw it in the September session when the revised police law was discussed: The new specialist office was undisputed. 200 job percent were spoken for threat management.
Scan car numbers to catch criminals
Another point that the government also wants to write into the police law was more controversial in parliament: automated vehicle searches. The police should use a scanner to record car numbers. Other cantons have known this practice for years.
Nevertheless, fears were raised in the Uri parliament that this could lead to unnecessary surveillance of the population. However, the majority did not share these fears: it was about specifically finding cars that had been stolen, for example, or tracking down perpetrators who were fleeing with stolen goods.
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What Uri wants to introduce has been around for a long time in the Ticino cantonal police, for example. She has been scanning car numbers since 2008.
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The partial revision of the Uri Police Act was ultimately approved by a large majority in parliament.
It will now go to the ballot box on March 3rd. All parties have adopted the yes slogan. There were hardly any opposing voices in the run-up to the vote.