The Sanitätspolizei Bern (English: Berne Medical Police) is the emergency medical service for Berne, Switzerland, and 40 surrounding municipalities with a total of 310,000 inhabitants. Despite its name, which dates to the time when it was part of the municipal police, the Sanitätspolizei is not a police force.
The Sanitätspolizei is part of the municipal administration of Berne, attached to the Department of Security, Environment and Energy. It is a fully professional organization with 150 employees, operating from a central barracks on Waisenhausplatz in the Old City of Berne. Due to overcrowding, it is scheduled to relocate to a new headquarters in 2013.
In addition to its emergency service, the Sanitätspolizei operates the medical emergency telephone number service (phone no. 144) for the canton of Berne, provides command and control in major emergencies and provides medical training to police and other emergency forces.