14 years Poing's chief of police: We spoke to Helmut Hintereder about sad, unusual and funny cases.
Poing – An era came to an end at the Poing Police Inspectorate (PI) on Friday: after 14 years of service as head of the police department, Helmut Hintereder was retired with a ceremony.
The 61-year-old was head of the department for longer than anyone else in the 50-year history of PI Poing.
Overall, Hinter-eder has 41 years of service in the police force.
For the next six months, police commissioner Daniel Schubert will head the agency on an interim basis.
In retrospect with our newspaper, Hintereder tells about sad, funny and unusual assignments during his time in Poing.
And what he wishes PI for the future.
My first case in the field after I started in Poing as a department head:
The first event I was present at was a dead person in the Pliening community area on a property that was occupied by just one man.
Ultimately, however, it turned out that it was a natural death.
The most unusual case during my service in Poing, which was processed by the PI:
Those were the "cat murders" last year in the community area of Vaterstetten.
Here it was important that the perpetrator could be caught.
The funniest case I've seen:
I remember a man who was addicted to drugs himself and who was ultimately convicted of drug trafficking.
His driver's license had previously been revoked for driving a vehicle under the influence of drugs.
The man lived very close to our police station in Poing, had a sports car in a very flashy color and continued to use his car, despite his driver's license being revoked.
Our colleagues reported him several times because he just couldn't get used to the fact that he wasn't allowed to drive his wheels anymore.
After he had also often driven under the influence of drugs, we confiscated his vehicle keys to avert danger, which ultimately led to a change in his thinking.
The fastest investigation success of the PI Poing:
In many cases, the perpetrator is included in the incident, for example in the case of insults or physical injuries, since the perpetrator is also known to the victim or is perhaps even still on site.
But last year we also had a quick success in the search: After a break-in in Pliening, the perpetrator was arrested within an hour at a gas station in Anzing due to the good description of the person.
The craziest excuse given by a drunk driver at the traffic stop:
I can't think of anything ad hoc right now.
But I always found it strange when people drove to the police station in a drunken state, for example to have a notice of defects certified or to comply with a summons to an interrogation.
The saddest case in my service:
The delivery of the death notices to the relatives was sad for me.
I often took it upon myself and of course it always affected me when you saw the pain of the relatives.
Very helpful for us police officers and incredibly important is the work of the crisis intervention team, which takes care of the relatives even after we have left.
Three things I'm looking forward to in retirement starting March 1st:
I look forward to spending time with my wife and family.
Family has always been very important to me, and now that we have three grandchildren, grandma and grandpa are always challenged.
But I am also looking forward to the trips that I would like to take with my wife.
Above all, we have set ourselves a few goals in Germany.
Since my wife no longer works either, we both look forward to the freedom to be able to do something spontaneously when the weather is nice.
Three things that I will miss after the end of my service at PI Poing:
It will probably only come with time that one or the other will be missing.
I enjoyed going to work, but I have to admit that when you are over 60 you are not as resilient as when you were 40. Above all, I would have liked to have spared myself the problems with the pandemic.
We are normal people who also get sick or have to be quarantined.
Therefore, we had to take precautions to be able to continue to fulfill our mission 24/7.
After all, we can't put up a "Closed due to illness" sign.
This affected employees in all areas, and I am very grateful that everyone supported it.
Of course, I will also miss my employees and my fellow department heads.
What I wish PI Poing for the future:
Above all, I wish PI Poing that they can keep up the great camaraderie and the good working atmosphere.
Of course, I hope that PI Poing will benefit from the job growth through the "Police 2025" program, because the population figures in the Ebersberg district are also forecast to continue to rise.
It is also very important to me that the construction of the new PI Poing begins as soon as possible.
After the dissolution of the police station in Vaterstetten with the integration of the staff into the PI Poing and the first increase in jobs in 2014, the building is simply too small and no longer up to date.
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