Baden-Wurttemberg
Country earns over eight million from deployed police officers
17.08.2024, 16:22
In large-scale situations such as demonstrations and high-risk football matches, the states help each other with police forces. They are paid for this. But the model has also been met with clear criticism.
According to SWR, the regional chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG), Ralf Kusterer, said: “It is actually a disgrace that the state is actually pocketing money that is due to the police forces.” He spoke of a “rent-a-cop” model. FDP interior expert Julia Goll described it as outrageous that the state receives higher additional payments for hours of duty at night and on weekends than the police officers receive in allowances. She spoke of a business model that is at the expense of the officers, who work 1.2 million hours of overtime every year.
Situation may also change
According to the broadcaster, there were 522 deployments of Baden-Württemberg police forces for the federal government and in other states over the three years. In contrast, Baden-Württemberg only received support in twelve cases. The Interior Ministry explained this discrepancy by saying that “by chance there were fewer large-scale operations requiring intensive force.”
