Freie Wähler on public safety

The Free Voters want strong police, courts and rescue services. Attacks on these institutions are to be met with the strictest penalties. In addition, decentralized depots for disaster response are to be expanded.

The Free Voters want a safe Bavaria. Police, courts and rescue workers should be strong. Anyone who attacks them should be punished very hard. There should be more storage sites for disaster response.

The party wants Bavaria to remain safe, relying on police, the justice system and rescue services. Anyone attacking them is to be punished especially hard; in the platform's view such acts must be neither played down nor shielded by politicians. Decentralized disaster-response depots are to be expanded so the state can act during natural disasters and similar situations.

The Free Voters want to expand Schleierfahndung (police stops without specific suspicion), keep checks at Bavaria's borders when many refugees arrive, and act firmly against enemies of the constitution and persons deemed dangerous. Online crimes would be punished more severely, while the platform rejects state cyber counterattacks.

The Free Voters want more security in Bavaria. Police should carry out more random checks. Checks at Bavaria's borders should stay when many refugees arrive. Crimes on the internet should be punished more harshly.

The platform backs a European border guard and wants action against Reichsbürger, persons deemed dangerous, and enemies of the constitution. Projects against right-wing, left-wing and religious extremism would be funded; the party says it will not tolerate lawbreaking by activists. It plans intelligent video surveillance that, in the party's words, intrudes as little as possible, plus state-of-the-art technology for security agencies. Penalties for offenses such as data theft would rise sharply, and even attempted cybergrooming would be a crime. At the same time, the platform wants the state to promote end-to-end encryption, prevent so-called hackbacks, and support mid-sized companies with IT security.

The Free Voters want additional staff for courts, prosecutors' offices, prisons and the police so that proceedings move faster and officers are relieved. In addition, the justice minister would no longer be allowed to give instructions to prosecutors.

The Free Voters want more judges, prosecutors and police officers. This should make court cases faster. The police should get 500 new positions every year until 2029. The justice minister should no longer give orders to prosecutors.

For the police, the annual addition of 500 positions would continue beyond 2025 through 2029. On top of that come 1,000 positions for tasks that do not require police training, such as IT specialists and administrative staff, and a new vocational track called "Polizeifachkraft" (police specialist). Officers wrongly accused would get a legal right to compensation for disadvantages, and the repair backlog in police buildings would be cleared. In the justice system, the platform wants to abolish the minister's power to instruct prosecutors, advertise positions publicly, and keep court locations in rural areas. Court officers would start at pay grade A5 instead of A4 and top out at A7 instead of A6.

The Free Voters want to expand disaster response in Bavaria and adapt it to new situations. The platform cites the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and relies on decentralized depots, central procurement and closer links among emergency services.

The Free Voters want Bavaria to be better prepared for disasters. There should be more depots with supplies. Supplies should be bought centrally. Fire, rescue and police services should work together better. People who attack rescue workers should get no leniency.

The plan is to expand decentralized disaster-response depots, state-run where needed. Equipment and supplies would be bought centrally and rotated in cooperation with district authorities so that nothing expires. All emergency services would be linked more closely. The platform calls for zero tolerance of attacks on rescue workers and a secured basic supply of important medicines.