[1] The Sanitätspolizei is part of the municipal administration of Bern, attached to the Department of Security, Environment and Energy.
It is a fully professional organization with 150 employees.
It originally operated from a central barracks on Waisenhausplatz in the Old City of Bern.
[2][3] In addition to its emergency service, the Sanitätspolizei operates the medical emergency telephone number service (phone no.
144) for the canton of Bern, provides command and control in major emergencies, provides the medical service during big events and provides medical training to police and other emergency forces.