Irene Schönbächler died at the age of 54, she was the first police in Aargau, Switzerland.

Irene Schönbächler passed away last Friday, May 8, as can be seen in the death notice in the “Aargauer Zeitung”. Four years ago he was diagnosed with cancer; In September 2018, she quit her job as principal of the Hitzkirch Intercantonal Police School (IPH) due to her severe tumor. In 2015, she was the first woman to take over and manage the country’s largest police school.

Irene Schönbächler became known in Aargau as the first police in the canton. He directed the Mobile Police and then Kapo Nord, where he was responsible for extraordinary missions, among other things. This included an accident, serious chemicals or traffic accidents, but also predictable and enjoyable events like the Aargau counterfeiting. Irene Schönbächler had been a member of the Aargau Cantonal Police Corps for more than twelve years before being called to the Hitzkirch Intercantonal Police School on Lake Baldegger. She showed her attachment to the canton of Aargau, among other things, on the belt buckle of her uniform as head of the police school, which bore the Aargau Corps logo.

Schönbächler grew up in the canton of Zurich, graduated from the Thurgau Canton Police Police School and studied political science at HSG. She lived in Mellingen and was married. (Arizona)