Dr. Christiane Lentjes Meili
Areas of activity
- Criminal law
- Criminal procedure law
- Police law
- Administrative law
- Legislation
- Organizational development
- Project work and concepts
- Mentoring and sparring
Languages
- German, English
Education
- University of Zurich (1987, Master in Law)
- University of Zurich (1996, Phd in Law/Dr.iur.)
- Various in-service seminars (leadership, operational management, process management, project management, presentation techniques)
Professional experience
- Zurich Cantonal Police (2010 – 2024, Head of the Criminal Investigation Department; Member of the Executive Board)
- Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs of the Canton of Zurich (1999 – 2010, Legal Secretary mbA, Deputy Secretary General)
- Public Prosecutor's Office III Economic Offences (1990 – 99, Auditor, Legal Secretary, District Attorney)
- Assistant to the Chair of Prof. Dr. Anton Heini for Private Law and Private International Law (1988 – 89)
- Membership of Government Council commissions (Zurich Institute of Criminalistics, Archive Commission, Expert Commission on Psychiatric Expertise in Criminal Proceedings)
- Board member of the Association of Swiss Chiefs of Criminal Investigation VSKC
- Course leader and instructor at the Swiss Police Institute SPI
- Head of the women's network women@kapo
Memberships
- Swiss Working Group for Criminology (SAK)
- Swiss Criminological Society (SKG)
- Blue Sox Club Zurich
Most notable publications and speeches
- Basel Commentary on Criminal Law, Art. 240 – 250; 328 (up to 4th ed., 2018)
- Commentary on the Zurich Police Act, §§ 4, 32d – g (2018)
- «The Big Case» or the prosecution in the Marco C. case – a search for clues; in Liber Amicorum for Ueli Weder 2016
- «Preventive or repressive?» The confusion surrounding covert police operations; in Liber Amicorum for Andreas Donatsch 2012
- Regular lectures on specialised topics