Switzerland loses “safest country” accolade - Page 3

DavidWilliams · #41 01.09.2011, 21:40

safest place....must be coffee shops..police like safe places

Wollishofener · #42 01.09.2011, 23:52

	Quote:	grynch
	I've said this before but mrs. G and I live in a tiny village on the outskirts of Geneva and we've had a couple of fairly major incidents involving shall I say people of unknown origin, coming across the border and then running back for the border... including this incident where I told mrs G "go back to sleep it's only fireworks" (it wasnt ) http://www.tdg.ch/western-nocturne-bancomat-2010-05-17 Monday shortly after 3 pm, several neighbors, ]awakened by the noise, called police to report that individuals wearing masks were near the bank Raiffeisen Mies. Very quickly on the spot, the police found themselves in the presence of several masked criminals. These individuals had ripped the ATM using a stolen truck and a steel cable. They tried to flee aboard several vehicles.

I think that Geneva should get into a closer co-operation with Basel, as the Basel police in Switzerland, particularily its crime-squad, enjoys a fairly splendid reputation, while the reputation of the GE police is not too good (to put it very mildly indeed) .... and Basel is not farther away from the border than Geneva. Add to this that the police forces of Basel and Zurich co-operate closely with the police forces in neighbouring France and Germany.

Wollishofener · #43 01.09.2011, 23:56

	Quote:	Dinivan
	Geneva's situation is getting bad, it's becoming normal to read some news about a supermarket or petrol station assaulted in the city. Obviously, the criminals just drive quickly into France. Wouldn't it be better for Switzerland to quit Schengen so that it would be easier to keep track of those who enter and leave the country by car? I'm not Swiss, yet I think that would be a great idea...

No, as nobody could "keep track of those who enter and leave the country" ! Ever looked at what in reality happened on the borders ? The thing to do for those lazy folks in the police-force in Geneva would be to improve their co-operation with their colleagues on the France side ! Alright, this might mean some serious work