More and more details about misconduct by special units of the Saxon police come to light. Interior Minister Wöller is “shocked but not surprised”. The pressure on himself continues.
New allegations have been made against a mobile police force (MEK) in Saxony. The MEK Dresden is said to have declared a skiing holiday in a four-star hotel in the Alps as a “training trip”, as the “Leipziger Volkszeitung” reported.
According to the newspaper, which refers to security circles, it is about a training plan that the then MEK boss had confirmed as the responsible department head in the State Criminal Police Office (LKA).
Interior Minister Roland Wöller (CDU) was “shocked but not surprised” by the recent revelation. «After the ammunition scandal in the State Criminal Police Office, I set up an independent investigative commission to take a close look at the work of the special units – unfortunately, the possibility of other possible misconduct becoming known could not be ruled out. Therefore, the investigations must and will be continued comprehensively and consistently, »said Wöller of the German Press Agency.
Already a gunshot investigation
The State Criminal Police Office did not comment on the new case on Wednesday when asked by dpa and referred to an ongoing procedure. A spokeswoman for the Dresden Public Prosecutor’s Office said that the authority was investigating suspected fraud in connection with a training trip. Members of the Saxon police were accused. The spokeswoman did not provide any further information.
The public prosecutor’s office in Dresden had already made public last week that they were investigating 25 officers from the MEK Leipzig and a police doctor. During a graduation procedure for two new MEK members, one of the two was shot and injured by a practice weapon. Colored ammunition was fired. The State Criminal Police Office had announced that two executives had been suspended.
Both incidents had apparently come to light in the course of the MEK Dresden ammunition scandal. In 2018, the command took part in shooting training at a private shooting range in Güstrow (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) without permission and paid for it with at least 7,000 rounds of ammunition from their own stocks. Another 7,500 shots were stolen to complete the shooting training. The Attorney General’s Office has now filed charges against three police officers, and another 14 are still under investigation. The command was dissolved.
Wöller himself is still under pressure in the course of the police affairs and controversial personnel decisions. After a crisis talk with police unions on Wednesday evening, they renewed their previous call for the minister to resign. However, he received support from the head of the German Police Union (DPolG), Rainer Wendt. He described Wöller as a politician who “tackles problems courageously and hands-on”.
Source: Stern
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