Aggressive burglar in Ottakring: Police attacked with punches!

Aggressive burglar in Ottakring: Police attacked with punches!

in Vienna-Ottakring there was a explosive incident on Monday morning when police officer met a 31-year-old German citizen in a garden hut. The man had violently opened the wooden door to rest there. Instead of speaking mutually with the officials, the 31-year-old became aggressive and started the police with fist strikes. They had to use physical strength to arrest the attacker to de-escalate, such as today reported.

After a first interrogation, the man was released at the order of the Vienna public prosecutor. Such incidents show how quickly there can be escalating situations between police officers and suspects. In recent years there have been increasingly discussions about the relationship between police violence and human rights. Many have suspected that the boundaries between lawful and illegitimate use of violence are often blurred. Amnesty International names the causes of police force, which include, among other things, inappropriate laws and insufficient duty of accounting.

The challenge of police violence

A central aspect of the discussion is how violence is through and against police officers. There are extensive statistics that indicate that the police can use violence in certain situations. Nevertheless, the limits to the excessive use of violence are often unclear. According to the Federal Center for Political Education have taken place in office in 2019-Statistics show, that there is an acute need for action.

Society is now increasingly faced with the questions: How can we contain police violence? What has to change so that such incidents become less common? The training of civil servants and the introduction of measures such as Bodycams plays a crucial role. The break in trust between citizens and the police is at the center of the public debate.

violence against police officers

Not only the violence by the police is up for debate: violence against police officers also accepts worrying forms. In 2018, 38,109 acts of violence against police officers were registered, although the perpetrators were often male and were often known to the police. The reasons for this phenomenon are diverse and range from alcohol -related behavior to social tensions. Law reforms in recent years have been aimed at better protecting the officials, whereby the problem of disregarding human rights is still in space.

in a climate in which violence is viewed critically by and against police officers, it becomes clear that we need a better and more transparent structure for the protection of our society. The developments in recent years show that it is time to act determined and to pack the problems in the bud. The hope remains that the situation can be improved by targeted measures - both for police officers and for the citizens of Austria.