The Cologne prosecutor’s office has stopped investigating a police officer from the Lechenich station. The initial suspicion of a crime was not substantiated, police spokesman Thomas Held said on request.
According to the information of this editorial office, the prosecutor judges the behavior of the police officer “unfortunate”, but it is not enough to prosecute him for having frustrated the law in charge. This would only have happened if he had been in possession of concrete information about a criminal offense and had not investigated or even destroyed it.
Citizens should feel that they are being helped when they come to us
Rhein-Erft Police Station
The internal police procedure – similar to a complaint procedure – against officials has not yet been completed, Held said. He pointed out that his agency undertook these investigations on a voluntary basis.
Because to start a grievance procedure, someone has to officially file a complaint – and that’s the person affected. But this was not the case. The citizen had contacted this editorial office informing that the policeman had shown no interest in dealing with the fraud case.
He has lost faith in the work of the police and is not interested in dealing with the officer again. Our editorial team compared the authority with the incident and asked for a statement. Held assured that his authority would be happy if “such facts were brought to our attention”.
The police have warned of this scam
Only in this way can you improve your work. “Citizens should feel they are being helped when they come to us.” He regrets that in this case it may not have been the case. According to his own statements, the Erftstadt resident was also so upset by the official’s reaction because in recent months the police had repeatedly warned of WhatsApp criminal attacks on seniors.
In it, Thomas Held also made it clear how despicable the ploy of exploiting the gullibility and concern of the elders for their relatives was. If you have the slightest suspicion, you should contact the police.
It was the same with the Erftstadt resident: “I received a WhatsApp asking me to delete my niece’s old number and save the new one. It happened at night. During the day, the same mobile number was used for ask if I had saved the new number “. He knew it had to be a fraud attempt, he went to the police station the same day – and came back sober: “I just have a lack of understanding and experience indifference.” According to the prosecutor, this is not punishable. .
