In order to contain the corona pandemic in Offenbach, the city is now on a tough course: The new general decree has been in effect in the city area since Wednesday, according to which those who refuse to wear a mask are immediately given 50 euros warning money.
- In Offenbach there is an increase in new infections with the coronavirus.
- The police are stepping up controls to ensure compliance Mask requirement in Offenbach.
- Mask refuser in Offenbach sometimes abuse them Police.
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Offenbach – On Thursday, Mayor Felix Schwenke personally has two security guards City Police during their tour of the city Offenbach accompanied. The message: everywhere, whether in buses, trains, shops or S-Bahn stations, compliance with the Mask requirement to protect against Coronvirus checked. And they got the fact that the time to discuss, to talk oneself out is over Mask refusers felt immediately.
From the very first minute of the inspection at the S-Bahn station Marktplatz in Offenbach six people are found without properly worn mouth and nose protection. Large stickers on the floor in the signal color red inform when exiting the escalator that a mask is to be worn, this is indicated on the display boards – and yet a frightening number of those caught pretend to have had it for the first time Mask requirement to protect against Coronavirus heard.
Corona and the mask requirement in Offenbach: those who do not understand insult the police
Lothar Haack, the new head of the City Police, and his team have in Offenbach To do your hands full, take down personal details and collect caution money. Friendly but determined. Not an easy thing in view of the sometimes nasty insults that the City cops just like Mayor Schwenke have to listen to.
“It’s not normal to bully people,” says a young woman, who is completely unapologetic and waving her hands in front of her face with city police officer Robin Bickel. After all, she has a mask with her – and points to her handbag. Bickel calmly points out to the woman that the mask only works properly when worn, but not carefully folded in the pocket.
| Name | Offenbach am Main |
| surface | 44.9 square kilometers |
| Population | 128.744 (2019) |
| mayor | Felix Schwenke |
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Mask requirement in Offenbach: The inspectors are met with hatred
Others Mask refusers immediately go over to a verbal counter-attack, accuse Haack of racism, claim to have been beaten or yell at him and City policeman Alexander Gebhard loudly. The racism allegation should City cops and the OB of Offenbach hear more often during the control. It is checked regardless of skin color, age or gender, Haack has to repeat over and over again. “In the meantime it has unfortunately become normal for repressive measures to throw the racist club straight away and be insulted,” he says to Schwenke. Sometimes he also needs all the rhetoric in order to avoid the unseen Mask requirement to protect against Coronavirus to explain. “Have been in shops and trains for five months Masks be worn ”, he explains again and again.
Today the city health department has four new ones #corona Cases reported. There are now 64 people in #offenbach infected. But the 7-day incidence has decreased! If you want to find out more about the statistics and the incidence number, please have a look here: https://t.co/xfo7A2WEbJ ????????????????
– City of Offenbach (@Stadt_OF) August 5, 2020
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But there are also passers-by who follow the city’s approach Offenbach welcome. “If there are rules, they also have to be checked,” says one passenger, “I think they are police should check the S-Bahn much more often. ”An older woman thanks one of the City cops for the control: “That’s right, it’s all about the health of all of us.” It is positive that the majority of the trains wear mouth and nose protection correctly.
With the mask against the corona virus: praise from passers-by and the supermarket cashier
After 45 minutes check at the S-Bahn station Marktplatz in Offenbach have accumulated over 60 warnings. We continue to the shops on the market square. In the Rewe and dm stores, two customers immediately stand out, theirs Masks wear on the chin. While an older woman is longer with two City cops wants to discuss, the cashier thanks the mayor and Haack: “Come by more often – if we say something, we are often only nagged.”
In the hairdressing salon be done according to regulations Masks to protect against Coronavirus worn, with one exception on the buses. “We will continue to check in the coming weeks,” announced Haack, the grace period in Offenbach is over.From Frank Sommer Offenbacher Kickers confirm first corona case – players in quarantine. Offenbach: mass tests before school is the solution?
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