Gemeindepolizei Horgen

Police emergency number: 117
Fire department: 118
Ambulance service: 144

Current reports and information from the municipal police force of the canton of Zurich can be found at:
Municipal police force of the canton of Zurich.

Further information on crime and traffic accidents throughout the canton can be found on the Zurich cantonal police website: Facts and figures.

Belongs to the area of society

General tasks of the municipal police, within the scope of the municipal council's general mandate, in particular:

• Prevention and defense against threats to public safety and elimination of disturbances

• Prevention, investigation, clarification, and reporting of criminal offenses

• Administrative police

• Carrying out police tasks for municipal authorities and internal offices

• Handling external requests for legal assistance

• Management of the lost property office

• Punishment of police offenses

• Processing of fixed penalties

• Issuing of firearms acquisition permits

• Taxi services

• Traffic police

• Monitoring and control of moving and stationary traffic

• Control and enforcement of night parking regulations

• Providing traffic education in elementary schools

• Organization and management of traffic services at public events

• Criminal police

• Handling of offenses under criminal law

• Supporting the cantonal police

• Reservation of space in the village square/piazza