What do the parties in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania say on public safety?

The AfD wants to keep the target of 6,200 state police officers, expand training in Güstrow and relieve officers of administrative work. Tasers would be introduced across the force. Volunteer security helpers and more body and vehicle cameras would be examined.

The state police should have 6,200 officers. The AfD wants more experts against crime on the internet. Officers should do less office work. All should get tasers. The AfD will look into more cameras and volunteer helpers.

The AfD wants to counter blanket accusations of racism against the police publicly and through legal means. Documentation requirements in the state's Security and Public Order Act (SOG) would be repealed immediately. Associations that, in the AfD's view, accuse the police of racism without evidence would lose public funding.

The AfD wants to protect the police from accusations. It wants to remove some record-keeping duties from the police law. Some groups would get no more money from the state. Police leaders should have field experience themselves.

The AfD wants crime statistics to include more information on offenses by foreigners and by Germans with multiple citizenships. A situation report by the State Criminal Police Office on crime in the context of immigration would be added. Regular surveys would also capture unreported crime.

The AfD wants to show more numbers on crimes by foreigners. A suspect's second passport should also be named. There should be a special report on immigration and crime. Citizens should say in surveys which crimes they have experienced.

The AfD wants to introduce a state-funded pension supplement for long-serving volunteer firefighters and give volunteers in other aid organizations largely the same status as the fire service. Attacks on emergency personnel would be prosecuted more severely. The siren network would be rebuilt and cooperation with the Bundeswehr deepened.

Volunteer firefighters should get an extra pension from the state. Helpers from other groups should have similar rights. People who attack helpers should be punished strictly. The AfD wants to set up more sirens again.

The AfD seeks a fundamental reform of the state's Verfassungsschutz (domestic intelligence agency) and does not rule out a complete reorganization. The agency would concentrate on cybercrime, counterespionage and political militancy. The party accuses the agency of failing to prevent threats and of politically one-sided priorities.

The Verfassungsschutz is a secret service inside Germany. The AfD wants to rebuild it. It should deal with spies, internet crime and political violence. The AfD says the agency goes after critics of the government today.

The AfD wants to prevent citizens from being declared unreliable under gun law because of statements critical of the government. The existing requirements for legal gun ownership would remain. The program sees the tightening of gun law as distrust of law-abiding citizens.

People who own a gun legally need a permit. The AfD says some lose it because of their opinions. The AfD wants to stop that. The other rules for a permit would stay the same.

The AfD wants prosecutors and courts to apply criminal law consistently and without any appearance of political bias. The special criminal protection for politicians against insults would be dropped, proceedings would be faster and victims better protected.

The AfD wants courts to punish crimes consistently. Politics should play no role in this. There should be no special rule for insults against politicians. Simple criminal cases should move faster. Victims should get more protection.

The AfD wants to prosecute child sexual abuse and the spread of abuse material with every means the rule of law allows. It rejects blanket data retention without cause and relies instead on the quick-freeze procedure and AI-assisted analysis of data.

The AfD wants to prosecute child abuse firmly. But it does not want to store everyone's data without a reason. Police should only secure data when there is a suspicion. A judge must approve this. Computer programs should help investigators with their work.

The AfD wants to use the Bundesrat to make children criminally responsible from age 12 instead of 14. It justifies this with a rise in violent acts by children and with the protection of other children and young people.

Today a court can only punish children from age 14. The AfD wants to lower this age to 12. It says children commit more and more violent acts. Other children should be better protected.

The AfD wants to use legislation to better protect doctors, medical staff and care workers from violence. According to the program, more than half of the physicians in the state have experienced violence from patients. The party sees this as a threat to patient care as well.

Doctors and care workers are sometimes threatened or attacked. The AfD wants to protect them better. There should be a law for this. The AfD says violence also puts patient care at risk.

The Greens call for an immediate halt to biometric surveillance in public spaces and reject cooperation with companies such as Palantir. Surveillance measures are to be independently reviewed and must prove their benefit. In the party's view, more surveillance does not automatically bring more security and puts freedom at risk.

The Greens do not want face recognition in streets and squares. They do not want to work with companies like Palantir. Experts should check whether surveillance really helps. Instead of more technology, there should be more prevention and more people on site.

The Greens want to achieve safety mainly through social prevention in municipalities and provide more money for it. Part of it would come from surveillance spending the platform considers ineffective. Police would also be more visible and approachable in everyday life.

The Greens want to stop problems early. There would be more money for youth clubs and counseling. Some money for surveillance would go there instead. Police officers would walk through neighborhoods more often. They would talk with the people who live there.

The Greens want to add staff to the state police, reform training and align the police law more closely with fundamental rights. Remote searches of devices and interception of encrypted communication would be dropped. An independent complaints office is meant to raise trust in the police.

The Greens want to hire more police officers. Training should get better. A new police law should protect basic rights more strongly. Police should no longer secretly search computers and phones. There should be an independent office for complaints.

The Greens want stronger protection for the right to demonstrate and more accountability for police action. Sit-in blockades would count as legitimate protest, filming without cause would end, and the ID requirement for officers would apply everywhere.

The Greens want to protect peaceful protests better. Sit-in blockades should no longer count as a crime. Police should not film protests without a reason. All officers on duty should wear a number. That way people can identify them later.

The Greens want prisons to focus more on reintegration. Inmates would be able to earn qualifications and be paid appropriately for work, and open prisons would be the norm. In the platform's view, failed rehabilitation endangers everyone's safety.

Prisoners should get a fresh start after release. They should be able to learn a trade or study in prison. They should get fair pay for their work. More prisoners should go to open prisons. Those have fewer walls and more freedoms.

The Greens want stricter independent oversight and more transparency for the state's Verfassungsschutz (domestic intelligence agency). Serious intrusions would require prior review by courts. An independent research center on democracy would study anti-democratic developments.

The Verfassungsschutz is the state's domestic intelligence service. The Greens want to control it more strictly. A judge should approve serious measures in advance. There should be clear rules for informants. Informants are insiders who pass on information from extremist groups. A new research center should study threats to democracy.

The Greens want to use every means available under the rule of law to counter the spread and radicalization of the far-right scene. At the same time, support services for people affected by violence and threats are to be expanded and civic education strengthened.

The Greens want to act against far-right extremism. Police and other agencies should find far-right groups faster and break them up. Victims of violence should get more help. People should learn more about democracy.

The Greens want to make Mecklenburg-Vorpommern more resilient to crises, sabotage and hybrid threats. Cooperation with Baltic Sea neighbors is to grow, and a state resilience concept as well as municipal resilience plans anchored in law are to be created. The energy supply is also to become more independent.

The Greens want to prepare the state better for crises. The state should work more closely with countries around the Baltic Sea. Important facilities like power lines should get better protection. Every town should have a plan for crises. Schools should teach about disaster protection.

The Left wants the state to help launch proceedings to ban the AfD before the Federal Constitutional Court. Militant far-right networks are to be pursued consistently, including possible bans and the disarming of neo-Nazis. The party sees right-wing extremism as one of the greatest dangers to democracy.

The Left wants a court to examine a ban on the AfD. The Federal Constitutional Court decides on this. The state should act firmly against violent far-right groups. Neo-Nazis should not be allowed to have weapons. May 8 should become a public holiday.

The Left rejects state spyware, blanket data retention and automated facial recognition in order to secure the right to informational self-determination. The Palantir software and pervasive video surveillance are also not to be used.

The Left wants less surveillance. The state should not use spy software on phones and computers. It should not store people's data just in case. Cameras should not recognize faces automatically.

The Left wants to set up an independent complaints office for police misconduct and introduce receipts for police checks. The Verfassungsschutz (domestic intelligence agency) is to face stronger democratic oversight and use informants only where strictly necessary. At the same time, the police are to get sufficient staff and equipment.

The Left wants better checks on the police. An independent office should look into complaints. People who are stopped should get a receipt. The domestic intelligence agency should also be watched more closely.

The Left wants to modernize fire and disaster protection through a state program and equip it centrally. Procurement is to run through the state so that municipalities and counties pay less.

The Left wants better protection against fires and disasters. The state should start its own program for this. The state should buy equipment centrally. That saves towns and counties money.

The Left wants to gear the prison system toward enabling people to live crime-free and independent lives after release. In the program's view, mere confinement does not create safety; that takes education, health care and good transitions into work and housing.

The Left wants to change the prison system. Prisoners should be able to live without crime after release. For this, prisons should offer more education and better doctors. Some people should get a different penalty instead of prison.

The Left wants victims of violence to find easily accessible, professional help everywhere in the state. To that end, forensic clinics for victims (Opferambulanzen) are to be funded permanently and better equipped.

The Left wants to help victims of violence better. Victim clinics should get lasting funding. These clinics examine and record injuries. The help should exist in every region.

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 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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.