There should be no big New Year's Eve parties in the Corona year 2020.
Stricter rules apply to the turn of the year than to the Christmas holidays.
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There are stricter rules on New Year's Eve than on Christmas.
The police are hoping for Bavarian solidarity - and are ready if they have to intervene.
Munich - Even in normal years, New Year's Eve is one thing above all for the police: work-intensive.
This year, with lockdown and corona requirements, the
staffing should "increase noticeably"
, says Stefan Sonntag, spokesman for the Upper Bavaria South police headquarters in Rosenheim.
"We are always well positioned on New Year's Eve, and this year we are deploying as many officers as we can." The offices throughout Bavaria are supported by the riot police.
New Year's Eve in corona lockdown: Bavarian police are ready
"Of course we don't ring the doorbell at all doors, after all, the
inviolability of the apartment
still applies
, and that is a basic right," explains Sonntag.
Nevertheless, the police have New Year's Eve parties “on their radar”.
Specifically, this means: there will be no preventive patrols through residential areas.
"But if there are concrete indications of unauthorized
gatherings of
people, we will
investigate
." If
more than two households are illegally celebrating New Year's Eve parties, the officials are also allowed to enter private apartments to prevent the risk of epidemics
.
Then danger prevention applies.
Because: "At private parties there is an increased risk of infection," says Sonntag.
In the event of a fine, young people and adults are treated equally.
“But there is one difference with minors: if we have to break up illegal celebrations or pick up young people, our colleagues take them to the office.” The parents would then be informed and would have to pick up their children.
"After all, the legal guardians have to know where their offspring are."
"During the controls, the focus is on whether exit restrictions and curfews are observed"
Nevertheless, the police will proceed with the necessary sense of proportion even these days.
"If the violation is minor and we have the feeling that the people are understanding, it can remain a warning."
The officers can and should use their discretion, so Sonntag.
In Ingolstadt, where the police headquarters of Upper Bavaria North is located, people see themselves ready for the turn of the year.
“During the controls, the focus is on whether the exit restrictions and curfew are being observed.
But New Year's Eve is actually a night like any other for us, ”says police spokeswoman Nadine Hofmann.
A night in which there could be fires or accidents that make additional demands on the emergency services.
This year and because of Corona, the police are relying on the common sense of the people.
If a patrol is called, the procedure is like a disturbance of the peace.
“Colleagues can take care of that at the door.” Entering the apartment is “the last resort”.
At the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria South, one also hopes “that the people will remain as solidarity as they did at Christmas”.
On the holidays there were very few individual cases in which this was not the case and the applicable requirements were violated.
Police spokesman Stefan Sonntag also makes it clear:
"If citizens do not behave accordingly, we are prepared."
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