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Investigation into the death of a police trainer

Could the death of a young police officer during a night-time training march in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have been prevented? Possibly. Investigations should bring more clarity.

Files lie on the table before a trial in a district court. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
Files lie on the table before a trial in a district court. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Public prosecutor's office - Investigation into the death of a police trainer

The public prosecutor's office in Stralsund is investigating five officers from the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state police force for a death that occurred during a training march in Bad Sülze around two years ago. In the course of detailed questioning of all participants in the night march, there were concrete indications that the participant in the training course who later died was in a "critical" state of health and that this may have been recognizable to the responsible instructors, the public prosecutor's office said.

The "Schweriner Volkszeitung" (SVZ) had previously reported accordingly on Tuesday. According to the report, the 24-year-old police officer from Hamburg had, among other things, had problems walking during the riot police exercise. He was so weak at times that he was unable to complete an intermediate exercise and had to be transported by his colleagues in a sling.

"It is therefore suspected that the responsible instructors could have averted the death of the participant if they had exercised the necessary care, for example by stopping the night march early and/or calling in medical assistance," the public prosecutor's office continued on request. Investigation proceedings have been initiated against the five people responsible on the initial suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.

The Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Greifswald was reportedly commissioned to provide a forensic medical opinion. The question is whether the death could have been avoided by an earlier intervention and whether those responsible could have recognized this. The relatives of the deceased would be informed of the current state of the investigation and the accused would be given the opportunity to comment.

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  1. Despite the police trainer's apparent signs of poor health during the practice march, the public prosecutor's office in Stralsund suspects that the responsible instructors did not exercise sufficient care, potentially leading to his eventual death.
  2. The death of the police officer from Hamburg during a night march training in Bad Sülze two years ago is under investigation by the criminal justice system, as wavering health indicators may have been negligently ignored by the instructors.
  3. Local authorities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are conducting an investigation into allegations of criminal negligence against five police officers, following the death of a trainee during a riot police exercise where his health appeared to be a source of concern.
  4. As the case of a police officer's death during a training march in Bad Sülze unfolds, there are doubts about whether the police instructors could have saved him by taking decisive action or stopping the march early, ultimately leaving questions to be answered by the Public Prosecutor's Office in Stralsund and the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the University of Greifswald.

Source: www.stern.de

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