SPD on public safety

The SPD wants to fight right-wing extremist networks and violence using the tools of the rule of law as well as political means. Gun ownership would be checked more strictly and extremists disarmed wherever possible. Against antisemitism, the platform relies on education, memorial sites and awareness work.

The SPD wants to act against right-wing extremists. It wants stricter checks on who owns guns. Extremists should lose their weapons. There should be more education against hatred of Jews.

The platform lists stricter gun ownership checks, disarmament as far as possible, and more crime prevention and enforcement. Education programs, memorial sites and awareness work against antisemitism are to be stepped up. The review of the NSU and Nordkreuz cases is to continue. The findings of the two parliamentary inquiry committees are to guide future action.

The SPD wants to raise the state police force to at least 6,183 officers and keep all existing stations. Police should be close to citizens and present across the whole state. The platform also sees safety as a matter of social justice.

The SPD wants more police officers in the state. There should be at least 6,183. All police stations stay open. Police should be close to the people. Train stations, buses and trains should become safer.

Uniformed police, criminal police and water police are to stay present throughout the state. At stations, stops and on buses and trains, the SPD wants to improve safety and order together with municipalities, transit companies, police and regulatory agencies. Police are to work with community officers, youth services, schools, social work, housing companies and clubs. The stated goal is safety through presence, prevention, social stability and action under the rule of law.

The SPD wants to keep digitizing the police and build up its online capabilities, mainly against child sexual abuse material and cybercrime. Artificial intelligence should make the work easier, but the party rejects automated decision systems. It wants to do without Palantir software and use a European solution.

The police should work more digitally. They should be better at fighting crime on the internet. Artificial intelligence may help with this. But computers should not decide alone. The SPD does not want to use software from the company Palantir.

The digitization strategy is to continue and cut duplicate work, using shared solutions of the state police forces, for example on work phones. Specialized officers are to be built up against cybercrime, scams targeting older people and shock calls, also because of risks from AI. Police use of AI will be examined and built into workflows where suitable. For decision support systems, the SPD relies on a European alternative and justifies this with European protection standards.

The SPD wants to keep training capacity high at the Güstrow police college and improve working conditions in the police. That includes flexible hours, pay that reflects shift and weekend duty, and protection from attacks. Officers are also to be relieved of tasks outside their core work.

The SPD wants to train many new police officers. Officers should be able to combine job and family better. Shift work and weekend work should show in their pay. The state should protect its workers from violence.

The Güstrow college is to train enough recruits to replace retirees and to grow the force to nearly 6,200 police employees. The SPD stands by the mix of sworn officers, outside specialists and salaried staff; salaried staff are to take on more tasks that do not need sworn officers. Flexible working time models and some work from home are to be expanded. A new evaluation system, more feedback and support in stressful situations are planned. All public service employees are to be protected from hostility and violence.

The SPD wants to continue modernizing fire department vehicles, equipment and stations and to support both career and volunteer firefighters. The state fire academy in Malchow is to be rebuilt. The goal, according to the platform, is fast help everywhere in the state.

Fire departments should keep getting new vehicles and buildings. The state helps towns with this. The fire school in Malchow will be newly built. Children and adults should learn more about fire safety.

Funding is to stay at the current high level, and municipalities get extra money through the MV investment fund. The new building for the state school for fire and disaster protection in Malchow is to go up in several phases. The state will keep tendering fire trucks in framework contracts so municipalities benefit from bulk discounts. Fire safety education and knowledge about civil protection are to feature more in education and information programs.

The SPD wants reliable funding and good equipment for rescue services and disaster protection units. Extra investment is meant to make the state more resilient in crises, for example through emergency power and mobile infrastructure. Vehicles and equipment are to be bought in as uniform a way as possible.

The SPD wants disaster protection to be well equipped. There should be emergency power and gas stations for emergencies. All helpers should have the same equipment where possible. People should learn more about first aid.

Uniform purchasing is meant to make cooperation among response units easier, and cooperation between municipalities should help share resources. In evacuations and protective measures, people with disabilities, other vulnerable groups and health care facilities are to get special attention. Crisis-proof gas stations, generators and specialized response teams will keep being built up. First aid and self-help skills are to be taught more in schools, universities and volunteer work. For state agency buildings, the SPD will examine how to prepare them for energy restrictions.

The SPD wants to build up the state's civil defense capability and organize the administration so the state can keep working in crises. The federal government should fully cover the costs of civil protection, including public shelters and facilities for emergency power and heat.

The state should be well prepared for crises. There should be modern shelters. The federal government should pay for this in full. Hospitals, schools and public offices should be able to work in an emergency too.

According to the platform, the federal government should take over all funding under the Zivilschutz- und Katastrophenhilfegesetz (civil protection and disaster relief act). The SPD counts modern public shelters, emergency power and heating facilities, and well-equipped places for municipalities as part of this. With federal help, hospitals, nursing homes, schools and administrations are to stay functional in special situations. For the state administration, the platform names continuity management, coordinating support for the ministries and resilient administrative infrastructure.

The SPD wants attacks on public service employees to be prosecuted consistently. It says the state must protect its staff because, according to the platform, such violence is on the rise.

Some people attack state workers. The SPD rejects this. Police and prosecutors should pursue these crimes firmly. The state should protect its workers.

According to the platform, violence against public service employees is increasing. The SPD rejects violence against people who carry out a task for society and against state structures. It wants to back law enforcement so that such offenses are pursued throughout, given the special public interest involved.