Minister of the Interior - Stübgen: No statistics on police overtime necessary
Brandenburg's Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) sees no reason to record overtime statistics for the state police. "We calculate and publish statistics when we need to. So far, we see no additional reason for this," said Stübgen in the Brandenburg state parliament on Wednesday. There is therefore no central statistical recording of overtime. "The police in Brandenburg are of the opinion that we don't need it at the moment."
The police have had to deal with "considerable additional workloads" in recent years, the minister explained. However, the Ministry has an overview of the overtime worked. As part of their duty of care, the police inspectorates had to ensure that working time balances did not increase too much. Overtime is also recorded there. The directorates ensure that overtime does not get out of hand in the inspectorates. "All of this is overseen by the police headquarters for the entire country," said Stübgen.
After the Left Party MP Andreas Büttner asked how the Ministry of the Interior had an overview without statistically recording the police officers' overtime, the minister began to squirm visibly. In contrast to what he had previously stated, he then said with regard to ordered overtime: "In 2022, it will be relatively easy to access, but in 2023 I would prefer to look back to 2024. I don't have the figures at the moment."
The police union in Brandenburg recently pointed out that the workload for the state police is "very high". "We cannot understand why the ministry does not record overtime in the police in statistics," said the police union spokesperson weeks ago.
In other federal states, police overtime can be determined by the respective Ministry of the Interior. In Saxony-Anhalt, for example, police officers worked more than 200,000 hours of overtime last year, according to the Ministry of the Interior there. In Hamburg, the figures are collected every quarter. The state police in Brandenburg report to the state's Ministry of the Interior.
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- Despite the high workload faced by the police in Brandenburg, Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) maintains that there's no need for central statistical recording of overtime.
- Contrary to what Minister Stübgen initially stated, he revealed that specific data on ordered overtime in 2022 can be accessed, but he prefers to refer to 2024 for a comprehensive overview.
- The police union in Brandenburg has voiced its confusion over the Ministry of the Interior's decision not to record overtime statistics, given the significant workload faced by the state police.
- In contrast to Brandenburg, overtime for police officers can be statistically determined at the respective Ministry of the Interior in other federal states, such as Saxony-Anhalt.
- The Police in Potsdam, Brandenburg, are part of the state's Ministry of the Interior and their overtime data is recorded and managed internally, following domestic policy guidelines.
Source: www.stern.de
