Representatives of Austria and Iraq have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on intensified cooperation in police matters. Cooperation is to be intensified in particular in the areas of counter-terrorism, action against organised crime (OC) and actions against illegal migration. The same applies to the fight against theft, smuggling, economic and financial crimes, corruption and money…
In future, Brandenburg police forces will be able to record cases initially using their smartphones. The basis for this are two apps that offer mobile case processing as well as information and research options. They can be used to locate scenes of operations and crime scenes as well as traffic accidents, to record the facts…
Last year, about 6,2000 politically motivated offences were reported to the police in Baden-Württemberg, including about 380 against public officials and elected representatives. A year earlier, there were about 400 fewer offences. These alarming figures were given by the State Minister of the Interior, Thomas Strobl (CDU), at the Stuttgart Police Day organised by the…
So far, there is no comprehensive situation report on physical or psychological violence against public service employees in Germany. However, Franziska Müller, head of the “Geschäftsstelle Gemeinsame Zentralstelle Kommunale Kriminalprävention” (office of the Joint Central Office for Local Crime Prevention), believes that this would be absolutely desirable. On the one hand, it is no longer…
The number of corruption offences in Germany clearly decreased last year. Compared to the previous year, it fell by almost 52 percent to 3,600 offences. The number of suspects also decreased significantly. It decreased by 46.8 percent to 1,306. Among the suspects were 730 givers and 576 takers, 51 per cent of whom were public…
206 billion euros in damage is caused to the German economy annually by theft of IT equipment and data as well as digital and analogue industrial espionage and sabotage. This means that the damage exceeds the 200 billion euro mark for the third time in a row (2022: 203 billion euros, 2021: 223 billion euros).…
The Innovation Lab of the Baden-Württemberg police was opened in Kehl. Among those present were Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) and State Police President Dr. Stefanie Hinz. The short form of the facility is iLab. “The central goal of the iLab is to make innovative technologies available to our police officers more quickly. In future,…
Police officers in Saxony-Anhalt will also be equipped with body cameras in the future. The first forces to be equipped are those of the Stendal police station and the police college in Aschersleben. The other stations are to follow successively. Video management software is also being introduced. With it, digital evidence can be managed. This…
In the first six months of this year, there were slightly more road accidents on Bavaria’s roads than in the same period last year. At the same time, there were fewer deaths and injuries. From January to June, 183,247 road accidents occurred, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to the same period last year. In…
The General Security and Public Order Act in Berlin is in need of reform. This has been the political consensus for years. Now a reform is on the agenda. This is to be done in two parts. The so-called small package is to be launched as early as September. Among other things, it will regulate…