Crime: Violence in opposition to rescue staff continues to extend | EUROtoday

In Lower Saxony there have been once more extra assaults on firefighters and different rescue staff final 12 months. As the Ministry of the Interior in Hanover responded to the request of CDU introduced within the state parliament, a complete of 360 circumstances have been recorded in 2025. This continued the rise that has been happening for years. According to data, 313 circumstances have been registered in 2024 and 207 in 2020.

“The development has been alarming for years,” stated CDU home politician André Bock. He requires quicker procedures, constant prosecution and noticeable penalties with a view to curb the event.

CDU requires extra cameras for emergency companies

At the identical time, the emergency companies have to be higher protected – for instance with stab safety vests and physique and sprint cameras, i.e. cameras connected to the physique or emergency car. This additionally expressly applies to Fire division and rescue staff, Bock stated. “The red-green coalition rejected that.”

Other international locations additionally had good experiences with specialised public prosecutors and accelerated procedures within the occasion of assaults on emergency companies. “We should also incorporate these approaches Lower Saxony now seriously examine it and implement it without delay,” stated the CDU politician.

Police are most frequently focused

When presenting the 2024 state of affairs report on violence in opposition to emergency companies in December, Interior Minister Daniela Behrens stated: “We can and must never accept that those who protect us and risk their lives for our security are attacked and injured in return.”

This applies to law enforcement officials in addition to emergency companies and hearth departments, “especially to those of them who do voluntary work,” emphasised the SPD politician.

In 2024, making an allowance for acts in opposition to police forces, a complete of 4,570 assaults have been counted, 103 greater than within the earlier 12 months. In whole, the ministry counted 10,460 emergency companies as victims for this era, by far most of them within the police.

With a reform of the police legislation, the Red-Green Party is at the moment engaged on increasing the usage of physique cameras – additionally to guard emergency companies.

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