Young riot police officers were out and about on Tuesday in Dachau and Karlsfeld to educate the population about the subject of burglary.
The broad-based action of the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria-North met with approval.
In one case, the officers even got a sweet surprise.
Dachau - When the door of an apartment on Dachau Krimhildenstrasse swung open, the two police officers of the 65th training seminar of the Dachau riot police were amazed. Franziska Gundel-Pichler, little Hannah and the smell of fresh cookies welcomed the visitors. Mother and daughter were just baking. And when the two senior masters in training declared that they had rang the doorbell because they wanted to educate the population about how to prevent break-ins and how to protect themselves from burglars, it did not take long and the officers had a plate of sweet delicacies in their hand . Because: "I think the action is great," as Franziska Gundel-Pichler said.
Also this year, the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria-North started a prevention campaign to fight crime against burglary.
For this purpose, officials in the areas of Dachau, Ingolstadt, Erding, Dorfen and Fürstenfeldbruck-Germering belonging to the presidium were on the move.
The campaign in Dachau was supported by the police inspection and riot police officers.
The young Bepo officials fanned out in ten teams of two on Tuesday in Dachau and Karlsfeld.
In addition to providing information, it is important for the police to intensify contact with citizens, said the class leader of the 65th training seminar, Peter Wolf.
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Sweet surprise: Franziska Gundel-Pichler and her daughter Hannah presented a plate with freshly baked cookies to the two police officers who rang the doorbell.
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“Make sure the doors are always locked.” “Talk to the neighbors.” “Let the police know as soon as possible if there has been a break-in. That helps us to trace the whole thing. ”“ If you leave the house for several days or even weeks and go on vacation, make sure that the neighbors know. ”With haunting sentences like these, the two young police officers sensitized the residents in the Krimhildenstrasse and the surrounding area. No matter where they rang, they met interested residents. Like Rosemarie Stelzer, for example. She promised the two riot police that "I will call quickly" if she sees anything suspicious in the vicinity. She would have done that before, as she revealed. A crook pretended to be a police officer, said Stelzer. The aim of the fraudsters in such cases isTo gain the victim's trust with fabricated stories, to put them under pressure and finally to get them to hand over cash, jewelry and valuables to the "policeman". But Rosemarie Stelzer could not be outwitted at the time.
During the prevention campaign on Tuesday, the police officers were of course real. This also quickly became clear to Christoph Lepiarczyk when the officers stood in front of his door. He also thought the action was great. The scouts made him wonder about break-ins. "You think nothing happens, and then something does happen," he said.
The teams of two not only enlightened or thought-provoking. They also distributed two flyers with detailed tips on the subject (see also box). It can be read, for example, that it has been proven that “41 percent of break-ins fail, not least because of existing security devices and an attentive neighborhood”. And: That the state financially supports the installation of burglar-resistant house and apartment doors or the installation of burglar and hold-up alarm systems through the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) (more at kfw.de).
The preventive and repressive measures in this area would pay off, according to the police headquarters of Upper Bavaria-North.
According to the current police crime statistics from 2020, the numbers for burglaries are falling across Bavaria (minus 3.7 percent).
This trend is also clearly recognizable for the area of responsibility of the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria-North.
With 439 cases in 2020, this was the lowest value in a ten-year comparison (see box for figures for Dachau).
Home burglaries: you need to know that
-While there were 67 completed or attempted break-ins in the district of Dachau in 2017, their number fell to 47 in 2018. In 2019 and 2020, the number of offenses remained constant at 48 each.
This is announced by the Dachau police station.
-The Police Headquarters Upper Bavaria-North advises: "Use the opportunity for informative, competent and free advice on securing your property from our specialist advisors!" 0 81 41 / 612-489), Ganghoferstraße 42, 82 256 Fürstenfeldbruck. Contact can also be made via email to kripo-beratungsstelle-ffb@polizei.bayern.de.
-The police advise "safety-conscious behavior": If you leave the house even for a short time - lock your front door.
Always close windows, balcony and patio doors (tilted windows are open windows).
Never hide your key outside - burglars can find any hiding place.
If you lose your key, replace the lock cylinder.
Do not give any indications of your absence.
Tag and photograph your valuables.
Record the most important data in a list of valuables.
-The police advise to call 110 immediately if you have made any suspicious observations.
Any clue can be valuable.
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