Five Wolfratshausen police officers are retiring
Created: 04.10.2022, 19:00
By: Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Goodbye: The police inspectors (from left) Hans Huber, Hans-Peter Eidenschink, Martin Huber, Helmut Haidl and Tony Lechner say goodbye to their retirement in the next three months © Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
The Wolfratshausen Police Inspectorate is facing a change in personnel: five officers with a total of 185 years of service will retire by the end of the year.
Wolfratshausen
– The police inspectors Helmut Haidl, Hans Huber, Hans-Peter Eidenschink, Tony Lechner and Martin Huber were the faces of the Wolfratshausen police station for decades.
Now they will all be retiring within the next three months.
"In total, the colleagues have 185 years of service with the Wolfratshausen police force," calculates department head Andreas Czerweny.
The main fields of activity ranged from people and property searches, bicycle and traffic education, the support of the youth traffic school to the management of the investigative team.
"You always showed great commitment everywhere - no matter what," said the First Police Commissioner in praise of his retiring colleagues.
Lechner the senior with 41 years of service
The commitment was also evident in the off-duty time.
The officials have heard the salutation "You're with the police, I have a question..." more than once.
You just know each other.
In addition to Lechner, who is now the longest-serving officer at the Wolfratshausen police force with 41 years of service, Eidenschink in particular can tell a story: for 16 years as a youth traffic educator, he familiarized children with the correct behavior on the road.
"All in all, there were around 20,000 girls and boys."
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Many beautiful, but also tragic moments are remembered.
"It always goes in both directions," says Lechner.
He reports on a visit to the kindergarten.
"One girl was really afraid of the police and as a result would not let go of her teacher." Lechner talked to the children, read a story - and then suddenly a small hand stole into his.
"I was very happy about that.
I was able to show the girl that the police are not monsters."
As said, there is also the other side.
"Some accident scenes," Huber admits, "can't get out of your head, even if you've learned to keep your distance over time."
Important: a thick skin
Around four decades ago, when the civil servants began their service in Wolfratshausen, both the company and the technology were completely different.
In the past, if a police officer took a cigarette from a young person, he would rather tremble as to whether the phone would ring at home afterwards.
Today, officials are often told: "Be careful what you do, we know good lawyers." In such cases, a thick skin, tolerance and, above all, "don't take anything personally" help.
This is true even when the tones get harsh.
Huber's recipe: "Right in, left out.
The other person can't insult me at all."
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On the subject of technology: "In the beginning, we still had the good old typewriter," recalls Haidl.
The transition to the computer followed the motto "learning by doing": "Put the typewriter away, PC there, do it." "But," the officials agree, "you grow with them." And some progress has its advantages, such as for example the bodycam, which documents the actions of both citizens and the police during operations.
"Nowadays, people quickly grab their cell phones and film them - individual sequences then end up on the Internet and possibly reflect a wrong picture of the situation," Lechner explains the police equipment with bodycams.
"In this way, we too can prove what was and what wasn't."
According to Eidenschink, ringing in retirement now is "exactly the right time for all of us".
What the quintet will miss in the future is the good community that is lived in the police station.
"But we can call each other," says Haidl.
Lechner laughs.
"There is no kind of transitional phase" - and following Loriot's "Papa ante portas" he adds: "If that's the case, we'll deal with shopping lists."
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