AfD on public safety

The AfD wants to allow police to carry out stops without specific suspicion across the state, especially in high-crime locations. It also calls for visible police presence and technical aids in public places, and for stronger deployment in areas it describes as no-go zones.

Police should be able to check people without suspicion anywhere in Hesse. The AfD also wants more police on streets and squares. Technical tools should be used there too. Unsafe areas should get their own police posts if needed.

The checks would be possible statewide, particularly at known hot spots. For public squares and facilities, the platform demands a police presence that residents can see, along with suitable technology. Where, according to the AfD, lawless areas have emerged or are emerging, enough officers should be deployed and police posts set up if needed. The stated goal is that everyone can move through public spaces at any time without fear.

The AfD wants people who have committed crimes against life to be publicly identified. Detailed information about the person and the circumstances of the crime would be released. The party justifies this as protection of the public.

The AfD wants to name people who have killed someone. The public should learn who the offender is. It should also learn exactly what happened. The AfD says protecting victims matters more than protecting offenders.

This refers to offenses such as murder and manslaughter, which criminal law groups together as crimes against life. Under the platform, comprehensive information about the perpetrator and the precise circumstances of the crime would be published. The AfD explicitly ranks victim protection above protection of the perpetrator.

The AfD wants to target criminal organizations, clans and gangs and break up their structures. Long prison sentences, asset confiscation and the expulsion of foreign members would become the norm. Many new positions would be created in the police and the justice system for this.

The AfD wants tougher action against criminal gangs and clans. There should be long prison sentences. The state should take away the offenders' assets. Foreign members should have to leave the country. Police and courts should get more staff for this.

The platform demands that the structures of criminal organizations be exposed and their influence on politics, administration, the judiciary and business be stopped. New positions would be created specifically to fight organized crime and money laundering. Staff would receive specialized training for this work.

The AfD wants sexual crimes against children to be prosecuted firmly. Convicted sex offenders who are considered an unpredictable danger would be kept in preventive detention after their prison term. The party also calls for public education about these crimes.

The AfD wants strict prosecution of crimes against children. This includes abuse and child pornography. Very dangerous offenders should not go free after prison. They should stay in preventive detention. That means they stay locked up to protect others.

The platform lists child sexual abuse, child pornography, child prostitution and child trafficking. It justifies the demand by saying victims often suffer for life. Because the AfD sees this as a problem for society as a whole, it calls for public debate and education across the state.

The AfD wants left-wing extremism, right-wing extremism and Islamism to be fought with equal effort. Extremist propaganda and symbols would be banned, funding cut off and foreign extremists deported. A court would decide whether something counts as extremist.

The AfD wants to fight every kind of extremism equally hard. This covers the left, the right and Islamism. Flags and symbols of extremists should be banned. Foreign extremists should have to leave the country. A court should decide what is extremist.

The platform sees political extremism as a threat to the constitutional state. Conflicts from other countries should not be fought out violently in Germany. Foreign extremists and people deemed security threats would also receive a permanent entry ban. The domestic intelligence service should likewise monitor all forms of extremism equally and justify its priorities by objective criteria.

The AfD demands crime statistics that distinguish suspects in more detail. Multiple citizenships would be recorded and shown. The party argues that citizens are entitled to complete figures.

The AfD wants more detailed crime statistics. The statistics should show whether suspects have more than one citizenship. The AfD says citizens have a right to all the numbers.

Under the slogan 'courage to tell the truth,' the platform calls for statistics that, in the AfD's view, depict the situation honestly and comprehensively. Suspects would be clearly differentiated. To that end, citizenships held alongside German citizenship would be collected and made visible in the statistics.

The AfD wants to equip the police better, including with stand-off weapons for use during riots. Higher pay and benefits are meant to make the job more attractive. Anyone who wants to join the police would have to hold German citizenship.

The AfD wants to give the police better gear. This includes tools that keep violent people at a distance. Police officers should get more pay. Only Germans should be able to become police officers.

Equipment should match the security situation, and officers should receive regular further training. Stand-off weapons are meant to keep violent offenders away from officers and peaceful participants at demonstrations and large events. With better pay and attractive benefits, the AfD wants to attract young people and career changers and compete with the private sector. As mandatory hiring conditions it names German citizenship and identification with the rule of law.

The AfD wants the state domestic intelligence office (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz) to work free from party-political influence. Classification as a suspected case and surveillance could be made public only after a court approves. The head of the office should not be a political appointee.

The domestic intelligence office watches groups that may oppose the constitution. The AfD wants politicians to have no influence on it. The office should make a suspicion public only with a court's permission. The head of the office should not be a political appointee.

The platform acknowledges that the office has an important role but demands that it not be used to restrict freedom of expression. The AfD rejects political interference in individual cases. Staffing and equipment should meet requirements, and exchange with other intelligence offices and the police's state security units should work. Statistics in the office's annual report should be uniform and comparable for all forms of extremism.

The AfD wants to expand disaster protection with a statewide siren network, repaired and new shelters, and an earmarked emergency fund. Fire departments, aid organizations and the Technisches Hilfswerk (federal technical relief agency) would get modern equipment. Allowances for volunteers would rise with the cost of living.

The AfD wants to protect people better from disasters. There should be sirens everywhere. Old bunkers should be repaired. New public buildings should include shelters. There should be a fund for emergencies such as floods. Volunteers should get more money for their expenses.

Sirens would supplement radio, television and warning apps so that every resident is reached. According to the platform, Hesse has too few shelters; the AfD wants to subsidize the building of private shelters. Emergency organizations would receive modern equipment, training and regular exercises. The emergency fund is meant to allow fast, unbureaucratic aid after damaging events. Tax-free volunteer allowances and expense payments would be adjusted to rising prices.