Geneva municipal police officers have launched a petition to give them more powers, the right to carry a sidearm, and use blue lights on their vehicles.
The demands are nothing new, but the fight has been given some impetus since cantonal police shot dead a man with a knife last month.
A third of officers have been injured in the line of duty already this year according to internal documents.
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