The police in the district devoted themselves entirely to the topic of burglary protection on Thursday - on streets, in pensions and in plain clothes.
That's behind the action.
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One car after the other checked about ten police officers at the roundabout between Gilching and Starnberg, known as the forest crossing.
The concentrated action on Thursday between 4 and 9 p.m. promised to provide clues to a very specific problem: break-ins into houses and apartments, which have increased again in the affluent Fünfseenland in recent weeks.
The perpetrators are often out and about in groups, initially looking for suitable targets and carrying certain utensils with them to break open doors and windows.
The Gautingen officials, supported by the riot police, did not catch such a gang on Thursday.
"The action also had a preventive character," says Gauting's Deputy Police Chief Martin Heinrich.
It is about showing presence - and the criminals "that they cannot be lulled into security".
Also because some day trippers were out because of the beautiful weather, the gain in knowledge was rather low.
“I wouldn't do it like that anymore.
But you don't know that beforehand.
It was an attempt, ”said Heinrich.
The approach of burglar gangs is subject to constant change
The approach of burglar gangs is subject to constant change.
Heinrich does not publicly reveal many of the latest scams for tactical reasons.
But he emphasizes: "Residents often make it easy for burglars." For example, when they leave the gate to the empty garage open and thus signal that they are on the move.
All inspections took part in the national campaign.
However, with different approaches: In Gilching the police distributed flyers, the Starnberg officials not only stopped at the usual checkpoints, they drove around themselves and looked for suspects in plain clothes - for example in Berg, which is popular with burglars.
Four men in a windowless van are of course more suspicious than an elderly couple in the car, explains Heinrich from Gauting.
In Herrsching, the police focused on pensions and hotels on Thursday.
Vice Head of Inspection Kevin Perleberg: "We have made the operators aware that there are groups of offenders traveling and that they should report anything suspicious to us." It is noticeable, for example, when several men only check in for one night, sleep during the day and travel all night are.
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