Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) – State police chief Stefanie Hinz promised relentless clarification after the appearance of Hitler pictures and swastikas in chat groups with the police. One will also take a close look at the leadership, said Hinz on Thursday after a meeting of the interior committee in the state parliament on the subject. “It makes you a bit stunned.”
At the same time, Hinz gave no concrete answer to the question of whether these were other individual cases or a structural problem with the police. “Where 35,000 people work, mistakes happen,” she said.
A police officer is said to have spread pictures of Adolf Hitler and swastikas in various chat groups with at least 70 colleagues – now the authorities are investigating the man, among other things, on suspicion of sedition. Five other police officers are also under criminal investigation. Disciplinary action has been taken against the other officers who have so far been identified as participating in the chat groups.
