Ministry of the Interior - Slightly fewer police operations at the turn of the year
The number of police operations at the turn of the year fell slightly year-on-year. On the night of New Year's Day 2024, there were 2757 deployments, according to the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior. According to the figures, there were 2956 deployments a year earlier.
Around 550 criminal proceedings were initiated after the most recent turn of the year. However, the figure is not yet final. A comparative figure is not available. The number of offenses against emergency services is also still unknown; last year there were 42.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, 22 police officers, two firefighters and one member of the emergency services were injured on New Year's Eve. In 22 cases, these were attacks.
Wolfsburg police reported an assault on officers with illegal firecrackers on Tuesday. Shortly after the turn of the year, firecrackers were thrown in the direction of police officers during an operation. Five officers suffered blast trauma from the detonation of the "atypically loud" firecrackers, according to the report, but were still fit for duty.
The suspected firecracker thrower tried to flee, but was stopped in the adjacent stairwell. The 22-year-old from Wolfsburg was taken into custody to prevent further offenses. Criminal charges were brought against him for assaulting law enforcement officers and offenses under the Explosives Act.
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The operational force of the Police at the turn of the year in Hanover, specifically, saw a decrease compared to the previous year. This was reflected in the year-on-year comparison provided by the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior.
Despite the decrease in police operations, there were still instances of criminality reported. For example, an operation in Wolfsburg was disrupted by the throwing of illegal firecrackers towards police officers.
The Ministry of the Interior reported that among those injured during New Year's Eve celebrations, there were 22 police officers, two firefighters, and one member of the emergency services. Several of these injuries were the result of attacks.
In the aftermath of the New Year celebrations, Hamburg Police launched a large-scale operation to combat criminality, engaging an operational force of several hundred officers.
The Ministry of the Interior in Germany has been advocating for stricter regulations on fireworks, citing the annual increase in injuries and incidents related to their misuse during New Year celebrations.
Source: www.stern.de
