climate protection. Zurich canton police asks climate activists to pay.
The road blockades that have been carried out in Zurich, among other places, in recent weeks can cost climate activists dearly. According to the government council, the cantonal police in Zurich will charge you for the costs of the operation.
The cantonal police will demand reimbursement from those responsible for the road blockades, as the cantonal government wrote in its recently published response to a query in the cantonal council. Cantonal councilors from the EVP, SVP and Mitte inquired about how to deal with the climate activists.
Apart from the deployment costs that are to be charged, the government council is not very enthusiastic about the campaigns. “Participation in unauthorized rallies that deliberately block traffic is punishable by law,” says the reply.
According to the government council, the blockades also harbor the risk that emergency services, for example in medical emergencies, will not get to the scene in time.
Endangered life comes first
The government council leaves open the exact consequences this can have, for example whether the activists could sometimes be rudely detached from the asphalt.
The procedure was defined “in individual cases, taking into account all circumstances and a corresponding assessment of the situation”. The protection of specifically endangered lives always has priority.
Climate activists from “Renovate Switzerland” have blocked streets in the canton of Zurich three times in the past few weeks by sticking their hands to the ground.
The campaigns took place on Hardbrücke, Bellerivestrasse and the A3 motorway at the Sihlholzli exit. Similar campaigns have also taken place in various other Swiss cities.
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