Violent attacks on police officers in Bavaria are increasing.
This is shown by the police status report presented by Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann.
Nuremberg - The situation is serious. In Bavaria, many more police officers were attacked last year than in previous years. This was announced by the Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU *) at a press conference on the Bavaria-wide police situation report 2020 in Nuremberg *. The minister named 8,587 cases of violence against police officers, 4,746 of which involved physical violence. The rest are due to verbal attacks. Compared to the previous year, the total number of cases was 7959. That is an increase of 628 cases or almost 8 percent.
However, the trend is not new.
The Ministry of the Interior has seen a clear upward trend in violence against police officers since 2010.
Why the number shot up so high in the past year, Herrmann made particularly clear to the developments in the pandemic.
"Corona missions contributed to this," he said.
The police carried out around 3.4 million checks across Bavaria as part of the corona pandemic.
The latest example is the riots in the English Garden in Munich, in which young park visitors threw bottles at the officials.
Numerous police officers were injured.
More violence against Bavaria's police officers: Joachim Herrmann gives a status report
After an increase in the number of violent acts, the number of civil servants injured has also risen accordingly.
In 2020 the number was 20,669 cases and 12,876 involving physical violence.
2,809 officers were injured while on duty.
That is 210 more than in 2019. The tools used included firearms, stabbing weapons and cars.
But not only police officers are increasingly victims of violence, rescue workers and fire brigades are also becoming more and more targets.
Herrmann: "Every single case is one too many."
In order to better protect police officers from such attacks in the future, the Ministry of the Interior is investing in better equipment.
“Police officers have to be well prepared,” explained Hermann.
In the future, the equipment will increasingly include body cams, ballistic protective equipment, better service pistols / compact rifles, batons and electric tasers.
Increasing violence against police officers: perpetrators should be punished more quickly
Last year, the Bavarian Ministry of Justice launched the Bavaria-wide action plan "Violence against emergency services - prosecute perpetrators, protect helpers", with which the perpetrators can be punished more quickly.
The concept also applies to rescue workers, fire brigades and other public service employees.
According to Bavaria's Minister of Justice Georg Eisenreich (CSU), one of these four requirements must be met for the fast-track procedure: "If the case is particularly serious, the procedure was particularly reprehensible, the consequences for the officials were significant and if the interests of the The public is particularly large. ”The respective case is then processed by the police within two weeks and brought to the public prosecutor's office.
The minimum penalty for violence against emergency services is three months to five years.
Nuremberg policeman signs violent assault on himself: the perpetrator was quickly convicted
The procedure was already used in the event of an attack against the Nuremberg police officer * Marc Hoffmann in September 2020.
The perpetrator had inflicted two large bite wounds on his forearm during an operation.
"He could really bite down," said Hoffmann.
In April 2021, according to the police officer, the perpetrator was finally sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
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