Boris Busslinger
correspondent in German-speaking Switzerland
Published on July 2, 2024 at 11:53 AM. / Modified on July 2, 2024 at 11:56 AM.
Dismissed with immediate effect. Last Friday, Basel State Councilor for Security Stephanie Eymann (FDP) did not mince her words: the now ex-police chief, Martin Roth, was “released from his duties” immediately. The Basel native is suffering the consequences of a disastrous external investigation report conducted on nearly 400 police officers (serving and retired). This report revealed problems of machismo, racism, nepotism and, in general, a “culture of fear” and a lack of trust in management within his units.
The commander himself had commissioned the document at the beginning of the year in order to shed light on the haemorrhage of departures among his units… which now seems to have found a partial solution. In a particularly difficult situation, the Basel police force is trying to fill more than 120 full-time positions in the canton. Which is by far not the only one to experience recruitment problems.
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