What do the parties in Bavaria say on public safety?

The AfD wants to limit the Verfassungsschutz (domestic intelligence service) to preventing acts that endanger the state. It should neither assess citizens' political convictions nor interfere in how parties form their positions. The platform accuses the agencies of being used in part against the opposition, and against the AfD in particular.

The Verfassungsschutz is Germany's intelligence service for inside the country. The AfD wants to limit its tasks. It should only stop dangerous acts against the state. It should not judge what citizens think. It should not interfere with parties either.

The AfD wants authorities to act more strongly against left-wing extremism, Islamism and what it calls "climate extremism." It considers the "fight against the right" oversized and one-sided. Nonviolent criticism of the government, it says, must not be labeled extremist.

The AfD says it rejects every kind of extremism. The state should do more against left-wing violence and Islamists. It should also act against radical climate groups. The AfD thinks the state looks too much only at the right. Peaceful criticism of the government should stay allowed.

The AfD rejects stricter gun laws and weapons-ban zones. Its reasoning is that gun violence comes from illegal, unregistered weapons and not from hunters, collectors or sport shooters.

The AfD does not want stricter gun laws. It says hunters and sport shooters are not the problem. The problem is illegal guns that are not registered. The AfD also does not want zones where weapons are banned.

The AfD wants more visible police, less paperwork on the job, and better equipment and training for officers. At the same time, the powers of security agencies should stay limited so that individual freedoms are preserved.

The AfD wants more police officers on the street. The police should have less paperwork. Officers should get better gear and more training. The freedom of citizens should stay protected.

The AfD wants to reverse the tightening of Bavaria's Polizeiaufgabengesetz (Police Powers Act). In its view, the reforms greatly expanded state powers without increasing security.

Bavaria has a law about what the police may do. For some years this law has given the police more powers. The AfD wants to remove these new powers again. It says citizens have less freedom because of them, but not more safety.

The AfD opposes blanket video surveillance and wants cameras allowed only at crime hot spots. Instead, more police officers on the streets are meant to prevent crime. Speed checks would also be restricted to particularly dangerous locations.

The AfD does not want cameras everywhere. Cameras should only be in places with a lot of crime. More police officers should be out on the streets instead. Speed cameras should only stand in dangerous places, such as near schools.

The CSU wants to strengthen the police with 1,000 additional positions by 2028 and better equipment, and to add staff in the justice system as well. Extremism, hate crime and attacks on emergency personnel are to be prosecuted severely. The party wants Bavaria to remain the safest German state.

The CSU wants more police officers in Bavaria. By 2028, 1,000 jobs should be added. Courts should also get more staff. The CSU wants to act hard against violence, online hate and extremism.

The CSU wants to prosecute abuse of children and adolescents with full severity. To do so, data retention, interception of encrypted communications at the source and remote searches of devices are to be used as far as the law allows. Storage periods for sexual offenses would rise to ten years.

The CSU wants to protect children better from abuse. Police should be allowed to use phone and internet data for this. They should also be allowed to secretly search computers. Data on sex crimes should be stored twice as long.

The CSU wants to enlarge the Bavarian Border Police to 1,000 posts. At the federal level, it will push for the Federal Police to receive more capacity for border protection as well.

Bavaria has its own border police. The CSU wants more posts there. In the end there should be 1,000 posts. The Federal Police should also get more staff for the borders.

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 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 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.

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 Greens want to end the fixed checks at internal EU borders that have been in place since 2015 and replace them with mobile checks. The Bavarian border police would be dissolved because, in their view, border protection is a federal task. This is meant to ease the burden on people and businesses in border regions.

Bavaria's borders have had fixed checks since 2015. The Greens want to end them. Police should do mobile checks instead. The Bavarian border police should no longer exist. Bavaria should work more closely with Czechia and Austria.

The Greens reject storing data on soccer fans without a specific reason, noting that civil rights also apply inside the stadium. Fan projects are to receive long-term funding. A pilot project is to test reducing police presence at professional games depending on the situation.

The Greens say the state should not store data on soccer fans without a reason. Fan projects should get steady money. At some games there should be fewer police officers. The party wants to test this first.

The Greens want more police staff and modern technology across Bavaria and want to relieve officers of tasks outside law enforcement. They also plan to step up the fight against organized crime, cybercrime and child abuse.

The Greens want more police officers and better technology. Police should have fewer tasks that are not police work. They should do more against crime on the internet. They should also do more against gangs and child abuse.

The Greens want to change Bavaria's Polizeiaufgabengesetz (police powers law), abolish preventive detention and remove the term "impending danger." The party rejects blanket surveillance such as data retention without cause because it sees civil liberties at risk.

The Greens want to change the police law in Bavaria. Nobody should be locked up for weeks as a precaution. Police should not watch everyone without a reason. The party wants to protect people's freedom.

The Greens want individual identification for uniformed police officers, an independent police commissioner and a study on racism within the security authorities. Bavaria's domestic intelligence office is also to be reformed and placed under stronger parliamentary oversight.

The Greens want uniformed police officers to wear a personal ID. An independent office should check the police. A study should look at racism in the security agencies. Parliament should watch the intelligence office more closely.

The Greens see right-wing extremism as currently the greatest threat to internal security in Bavaria and want tougher action against the scene. Right-wing extremists and Reichsbürger (people who reject the German state) are to be disarmed, vigilante groups stopped and exit programs greatly expanded.

The Greens see right-wing extremism as the biggest danger in Bavaria. Police should go after right-wing extremists more. They should not have weapons anymore. There should be more help for people who want to leave the scene.

The Greens want to better equip fire departments, rescue services and disaster protection because, in their view, the climate crisis means more emergencies. Public warnings, emergency supplies and the protection of critical infrastructure are also to be improved.

The Greens want stronger disaster protection. Fire departments and rescue services should get better equipment. There should be more sirens in Bavaria. Every town should know what happens in heavy rain.

The Greens want to gear the prison system more toward reintegration and draft a rehabilitation law for that purpose. The program argues that the best protection against new crimes is when released prisoners do not reoffend.

The Greens want to help prisoners return to normal life. There would be a new law for this. There would be more therapy and more open prisons. That way fewer people should commit crimes again.

The Greens want a package of measures to protect rescue workers, firefighters and police from attacks. The focus is on prevention, since the program names alcohol as the most common cause of such violence.

The Greens want to protect helpers from violence. This means paramedics, firefighters and police officers. Alcohol is often the reason for attacks. So there should be more prevention.

The SPD wants to take firm action against hate and crime online and set up a task force against right-wing extremism on the internet within the Bavarian police. Awareness campaigns are also to show people how to defend themselves against online offenses.

The SPD wants to fight hate and crime on the internet. The police in Bavaria should get a special team for this. The team deals with right-wing extremism online. There should also be information on how people can defend themselves.

The SPD wants to increase Bavarian police staffing by ten percent within five years and make the job more family-friendly. At the same time, all officers would have to wear identification so that police do not act anonymously. The stated goal is to renew public trust in the police.

The SPD wants more police officers in Bavaria. In five years there should be ten percent more. Police work should fit better with family life. All officers should wear an ID marking. This should help people trust the police more.

The SPD wants to rewrite the Bavarian Police Powers Act and the Bavarian domestic intelligence law and set up an independent “freedom commission.” The Verfassungsschutz (domestic intelligence agency) would face stronger oversight and focus on right-wing extremist structures. The party invokes the idea of a democracy able to defend itself.

The SPD wants to rewrite two Bavarian security laws. They should respect citizens' rights better. An independent commission should advise the state parliament on new laws. The domestic intelligence agency should mainly watch right-wing extremists. Right-wing extremists should no longer have weapons.

The SPD wants to add positions at courts and public prosecutors' offices to shorten proceedings. Prosecutors would set up specialized units for serious crimes and gender-based violence. Prisons would be run humanely, with better support for inmates and appropriate pay for work done in custody.

The SPD wants more staff for courts and prosecutors. Cases should then move faster. Special teams should deal with serious crimes and violence against women. Prisoners should get better support. They should be paid fairly for their work in prison.

The SPD wants to give fire departments, rescue services and disaster response more funding and better equipment. Volunteers would receive a firefighter pension or a rescuer pension. The platform points to more extreme weather caused by global heating.

The SPD wants better equipment for fire and rescue services. Volunteer helpers should get their own pension. In an emergency, help should arrive within 12 minutes. Bavaria should get supply depots and a control center for disasters. The SPD says global heating brings more severe weather.