Grüne on public safety

The Greens want more police officers in the long run and better working conditions in the force. At the same time, the police are to become more diverse, with more people with a migration background and more women in leadership. Buildings are to be renovated under an overall plan.

The Greens want more police officers in the state. Working for the police should get better. More women should become leaders. More people with a migration background should join the police. Old police buildings should be renovated.

Rotating shift work is to be eased, the district service strengthened as community-oriented policing, and retired officers offered new options. Rules on outward appearance are to be revised, the integration officers supported and the queer officer's position strengthened. The plan includes democratic education in training and daily duty, family-friendly working conditions and regular supervision by a psychotherapeutic specialist. The legal basis for the police commissioner is to be modernized. The police are to get software developed in Europe, and funds and staff are to be provided for building renovation including energy upgrades.

The Greens want to scrap or fundamentally revise police powers they consider useless, including remote searches of devices. People who are stopped should get a receipt, and bodycams should be switched on by default during operations. Electronic ankle monitors are to be used on the Spanish model against femicides.

The Greens want to remove or change some police powers. One example is secretly searching computers. People who are stopped should get a receipt. Police body cameras should always be on during operations. Violent offenders should wear an electronic ankle monitor.

As examples of powers to be scrapped or revised, the platform names the Onlinedurchsuchung (covert remote search of devices) and the "Gewalttäter Sport" database on violent sports fans. The focus is to be on prevention: local prevention bodies are supported, security research at the police university is expanded, and a periodic security report including research on unreported crime is introduced. The online police station is to become Germany's first round-the-clock online police precinct. When artificial intelligence is used, a human must frame the decision. Existing police equipment is to be evaluated further.

The Greens want to build a system to detect and counter drones and to better protect critical infrastructure. Organized crime and environmental crime are to be fought more intensively. The domestic intelligence service is to become more capable while remaining under clear democratic oversight.

The Greens want to detect and stop drones better. Important facilities like power grids should be better protected. Agencies should work together more closely, also across borders. The domestic intelligence service should be stronger and well controlled. Local enforcement officers should not get tasers.

Drone defense is to rest on specialized competence centers, modern technology, trained staff and clear legal bases with graduated intervention plans. Against organized crime, cross-border cooperation is to be stepped up, along with more cybersecurity and stronger prosecution of environmental crime. Training and cooperation of the Kommunaler Vollzugsdienst (municipal enforcement service) are to be strengthened, but the Greens reject tasers there to keep it clearly distinct from the police. For the Verfassungsschutz (domestic intelligence), cooperation with researchers and partner agencies and a nationwide exchange among parliamentary oversight bodies are planned.

The Greens want to expand open prisons so that jail terms served in place of unpaid fines can also be carried out there. Education, therapy and help finding housing are meant to prevent reoffending. On youth crime, the platform relies on educational approaches and prevention.

The Greens want more open prisons. Inmates there have more freedom than in a regular prison. Inmates should get education and therapy. That way they should not commit crimes again later. For young offenders, education should come first.

Ersatzfreiheitsstrafen, meaning jail time in place of an unpaid fine, are to be possible in open prisons. Transition management and probation services are to be strengthened, and social training and therapy expanded. Modern communication technology is meant to keep banned items out of prisons, and the handling of inmates with mental health problems is to be better organized. A renovation program for justice buildings is to improve prison conditions, including in summer heat. The Häuser des Jugendrechts (youth justice centers), where courts, youth services and police work together, are to be expanded.

The Greens want to further strengthen fire and disaster protection, with statewide uniform standards, a law on dispatch centers and more full-time support for volunteers. Critical infrastructure is to be protected through joint risk and crisis management. The public is to be better prepared for emergencies.

The Greens want the state to be better prepared for disasters. Fire departments should be equally well equipped everywhere. Volunteers should get more help from paid staff. Students should practice with the fire department. In an emergency, there should be information in many languages.

Uniform standards for equipment and alerting are to be promoted, along with units for cross-regional deployment in every county and city. A dedicated law on dispatch centers is planned, and the emergency medical services law is to allow municipal operators. Civil defense and disaster protection are to be linked more closely, with more funding for emergency mobile networks and drones. For critical infrastructure, the platform wants minimum supply standards and rules for distributing scarce resources in a crisis. A Virtual Operations Support team is to provide accessible, multilingual crisis communication and counter false information. Fire departments and aid organizations are to become more diverse and get better psychosocial support after operations.