Bavaria Police Department: Unwilling to Settle on Encouraging Crime Rates Amongst the Police Forces

In a recent statement, Thorsten Grimm, the 1st deputy state chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG) in Bavaria, expressed concern over the increasing number of non-German suspects, which now account for almost half of all suspects. This concern has led the DPolG to advocate for a more restrictive migration and refugee policy.

Grimm also emphasized the need for strengthening the subjective sense of security among Bavarian citizens. To achieve this, the DPolG demands far-reaching legal powers for the clarification of crimes in public spaces. These powers could potentially include increased use of video surveillance, automated facial recognition, and AI for crime clarification.

However, it appears that the DPolG's stance on cannabis consumption is separate from these demands. Grimm finds the current cannabis legislation, which has led to more work, more required control activity, and more prevention work for the police, a bad joke. The DPolG believes that the decrease in registered crimes in the cannabis consumption area is solely due to the decriminalization, and they call for a consistent reversal of this law from the future federal government.

Incidents like the attack on the Israeli consulate in Munich in September 2024 and the attack in Aschaffenburg in January 2025 have left citizens with an uneasy feeling, according to Grimm. However, the DPolG's stance on cannabis consumption does not seem to be influenced by these incidents.

The DPolG in Bavaria, along with the Bavarian Interior Minister, aligns with the Federal Interior Minister's course on border controls. Public attention to this topic has been notable especially around 2019 and increasingly in 2025 amidst intensified border control debates in Germany and neighboring countries.

According to police crime statistics presented by Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann, life in Bavaria continues to be very safe. Despite this, Grimm emphasized the importance of maintaining a strong police presence and ensuring the safety of Bavarian citizens.

For more information, the DPolG Bavaria can be contacted at [email protected], 08955279490, or through their website www.dpolg-bayern.de.

Bavaria Police Department: Unwilling to Settle on Encouraging Crime Rates Amongst the Police Forces