Police - Trade union for professional fireworks on New Year's Eve
According to the Berlin police union, professional fireworks events are the future. "We have twelve districts in Berlin. We have a lot of places where organized events could have taken place, such as at the Brandenburg Gate," said the union's spokesman, Benjamin Jendro, on rbb-Inforadio on Saturday.
With a view to the New Year's Eve fireworks in Sydney, Australia, he continued: "I believe that this is the future and not that anyone can randomly fire any pyrotechnics through the city, because then what we had to experience last year, had to experience in the years before and will probably have to experience this New Year as well."
Due to the firecrackers thrown at police officers last New Year's Eve in Berlin-Neukölln and current clashes over the Middle East war, the police there are planning another ban zone for fireworks. Firecrackers and rockets are to be banned at the beginning of Sonnenallee from Hermannplatz and in some side streets. There have already been bans on fireworks in Schöneberg and on Alexanderplatz in recent years, but for Neukölln only corresponding considerations have been made.
Interior Senator Iris Spranger (SPD) informed the interior politicians of all parliamentary groups in the Berlin House of Representatives on Friday about the preparations for the upcoming New Year's Eve and measures to prevent renewed outbreaks of violence.
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The RBB reported on the Berlin police union's stance, with Benjamin Jendro suggesting that professional fireworks events are the future for Berlin's twelve districts, including at the iconic Brandenburg Gate. Jendro contrasted this with the dangers of unregulated pyrotechnics, citing past incidents of violence. Due to such incidents, the police in certain districts, like Berlin-Neukölln, have contemplated imposing fireworks bans to ensure safety on New Year's Eve. The Senate, led by Interior Senator Iris Spranger, is actively preparing measures to prevent violence during the celebrations.
Source: www.stern.de
