Investigations against other police officers for Chat messages

Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann has made further investigations against police officers in public: Two officials from upper Bavaria to have sent racist Chat messages. In Munich last Friday, were suspended 14 officials from the service, they should have shared in a Whatsapp group, two anti-Semitic Videos. the

According to the Munich police scandal made Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) investigations against other police officers in public. The shutter button a year is already good: Two officials of the police headquarters in upper Bavaria South, sent in February of 2018 from their private Smartphones, a Whatsapp-message "against Muslims, ethnically offensive content", such as Herrmann reported on Wednesday in the Committee on internal Affairs of the country tags. Another official informed about his service, then immediately, a criminal investigation began.

Against an official has been set, the procedure according to the words of Lord's last year against the payment of a money pad, the disciplinary proceedings had been concluded against payment of a fine. Is determined but now, in turn, against a further official who led the investigation. This had indicated that the second officer had sent out a Chat message, I can no longer be determined. This assertion of the investigating officials have, however, proven to be wrong, said Herrmann. This must answer now due to obstruction of punishment in office and is suspended since this Monday from the service. Also against the second sender of the Chat message to the criminal law will be determined, and also this had been released since the beginning of this week of his official duties, said Herrmann.

the First was last Friday became known that the Munich police, a total of 14 officers suspended from duty or against their will, transferred. Occasion, their behavior was shared in a Whatsapp group in which two anti-Semitic Videos. In addition, it was found on a mobile phone, a photo of a swastika-Graffiti. And there are Videos, which show how police officers in the Taser-Training were intentionally injured with electric shocks. The Chat about 40 active members of the support commands USK were involved. This special unit is used during demonstrations and football matches.

allegations that it may have tried to hush up the incident, rejected Herrmann. Police chief Hubertus andrae have immediately responded to the problem adopted. "The state police and the Prosecutor's office will provide a complete criminal education," promised the Minister.

The chief of police have the incidents on the 21. January, the Prosecutor's office reported, and also him self in a personal interview, informed, said interior Minister Herrmann. The decision as to when the investigations were at an advanced stage to go Public, when state police and at the Prosecutor's office lead the investigation, he said. Andrae said that he had informed the Lord mayor Dieter Reiter and Charlotte Knobloch, the President of the Jewish community of Munich and upper Bavaria, in advance, by calling the operation.