Police and army practice the case of crisis
In August, the police and the army will practice a crisis scenario in Bern and the surrounding area. The "Fides" exercise was originally planned for 2021, but was postponed due to Corona.
The Security Network Exercise 2019 (SVU 19) examined how Switzerland can cope with a prolonged terrorist threat. The "Fides" exercise, which was canceled last year as a result of the Corona situation, is now scheduled for Aug. 15-19, 2022, in the city of Bern. As part of the exercise, the army will be faced with the task of protecting infrastructures critical to the functioning of public life.
Protection of critical infrastructure
Their guarding or monitoring is to be concretely planned on site and in part practically implemented on a one-to-one scale. The focus is on, for example, important distribution centers, major transportation infrastructures such as tunnels, bridges, viaducts, data centers for energy supply and traffic management, and important government infrastructures.
The protection of important transports is also conceivable. A possible subject of the exercise could also be the support of the police in the protection of embassies: This scenario has already been discussed and considered in the Corona crisis to relieve police forces in Bern, according to a statement from the canton. The concrete exercise scenario will be determined by the security directorate in the coming weeks together with the police and the army.
