In the Advent season, the Tölzer Kurier takes a look behind a door in the district that is normally closed to the public in every issue.
As a prelude: the detention cell of the Tölzer police.
Bad Tölz
- It's a door that nobody likes to go through.
It leads into a spartan room that most people will never see from the inside.
And that's a good thing, because: The room is the detention cell in the Tölz police station on Flinthöhe.
There is nothing in the detention cell except a white tiled bed, a mattress with a rubber cover, a brown wool blanket and a wall-mounted metal toilet.
Even the toilet seat was omitted.
The deputy head of the department, Andreas Rohrhofer, has already seen what his "customers" do to avoid having to go to the cell.
You grab your chest on the stairs, theatrically sink to the floor and simulate a heart attack.
To be on the safe side, Rohrhofer called the emergency doctor anyway, who, as expected, confirmed that his patient was in the best of health.
And then it's just a few minutes late to go to the holding cell.
"Of course, we often have to deal with repeat offenders who end up in the holding cell not just once," says Rohrhofer.
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Nobody likes to go through this door.
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According to Rohrhofer, the number of people who have to go to the detention cell is very constant: 40 people in 2018, 41 last year and 40 this year so far. Many of the guests are heavily drunk.
“We take care that nothing happens to them when they sober up,” says Rohrhofer.
If the alcohol is too strong, a doctor is called in to certify that the person is able to adhere.
If the doctor fears that the drunk might choke on the vomit, the person is immediately taken to the hospital.
In addition to the drunk, people keep coming into the cell who are to be feared that they will commit a crime.
The classic case: a man beats and insults in front of an inn.
But he is not impressed by the appearance of the police and the creation of the advertisement.
He says the officers should leave and announces that he will then continue to beat him.
"We take such people into custody," says Rohrhofer.
"Most of the time it helps people come back down."
Every now and then it also happens that a suspect does not appear at his court hearing and the judge issues a security arrest warrant: "We then arrest the person at 6 o'clock in the morning so that we can later deliver him to the local court on time for the hearing" says Rohrhofer.
Another reason to end up in the detention cell is that someone has been temporarily arrested because they have committed a crime and do not have a place of residence in Germany.
Here it may be that the public prosecutor applies for an arrest warrant because of the risk of escape.
The person must then stay in the cell until he can be brought before the investigating judge in Munich.
Does Rohrhofer feel sorry for the people who end up in the cell?
“Probably not,” says the deputy head of the department.
“Anyone who manages to get there must have achieved a lot.” Drunk people often behave in such a way that pity is not the first thought.
"The gentlemen insult and abuse us and yell around so loudly that you can hear it all over the house." Others have not washed when they come into the cell for weeks.
Some also urinate on the tiles.
“That's why we don't have a plush carpet in there,” says Rohrhofer.
Everything must be able to be disinfected quickly.
Objects could be used as a weapon or aid in a suicide attempt.
A pillow would be torn apart in no time.
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