How big is the latest police scandal?
There are officials who are already speculating what will be left of the criminal investigation in the end.
They draw parallels to the chat group in the 1st police station in Frankfurt and point out that none of these police officers have ever been convicted and that cookies in the shape of a swastika are nothing more than an expression of freedom of expression.
Of course, the following applies: Only what is punishable can be punished under criminal law.
In the same way, however, the principle must also apply that no one can wish for police officers who even give the impression that they have strayed from the soil of the free and democratic basic order.
How many blind spots are there?
The question is, what about the error culture in the police authorities?
So it has to be clarified who knew everything about the chats and other "abnormalities".
Who had information about the leadership culture in the Frankfurt SEK.
Anyone who knows the Frankfurt Police Headquarters and how closely interwoven the actors of the higher management level are with one another can hardly believe that no one suspected the customs that prevailed there.
But apparently the officers who knew about it found it "normal".
If there was that blind spot, one wonders how many more there may be in the authorities.
Perhaps you didn't look closely after there were suspicions of right-wing extremist chats at the end of 2018?
It shouldn't just be about looking for someone to blame.
It's about finding solutions for the police authorities.
Instead of assuming bad will of the politicians, the police leadership should rather ask itself how they want to get out of this situation.
Because she is responsible for every officer whose patrol duty in public is now even more difficult.
That would be a lived error culture.