Anti-conflict team
Anti-conflict teams (ACT) are groups of officials of the police , the case of larger public events such as demonstrations , street festivals or football matches are used. Your task is to seek dialogue with participants, residents, viewers and media representatives in order to prevent conflicts and de-escalate them . Events in the vicinity of which riots are feared are a typical field of application of the anti-conflict teams.
Anti-conflict teams were first founded in 1999 on the occasion of the annual May riots in Berlin , with the aim of "breaking rituals of violence". In 2008, around 220 Berlin police officers from different service areas worked in the teams, from the criminal police to normal patrol duty. They have all volunteered and are being prepared for their task in special seminars . The officers are clearly identified by a black baseball cap and neon yellow vests with the words “Anti-Conflict Team”. Under the vest they wear the normal uniform of the police force , but no protective equipment .
After their work on May 1st had proven its worth, the teams' area of activity was expanded to include other events with potential for conflict and later part of the Berlin police's aha concept .
AKT employees have been wearing new, slightly modified identification vests since 2008: reflective strips have been incorporated into the front and back, the vest has also been designed to be more functional and there is a clear compartment for the ID card. The new motto "Move with words" is applied to the right side of the chest.
The concept was then also used in other federal states and in Baden-Württemberg, for example, "at every major demonstration standard", including at political events such as the protest against Stuttgart 21 , the G20 summit in Hamburg in 2017 and at high-risk football games.
Anti-conflict teams from the Berlin police are sometimes also requested by other federal states as part of administrative assistance for special situations - such as Castor transports or the G8 summit in Heiligendamm in 2007 .
In Hamburg in 2009 the CDU and GAL agreed to introduce anti-conflict teams in the coalition agreement.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schwäbisches Tagblatt: Anti-conflict police teams to prevent escalations , August 7, 2012, accessed November 3, 2019
- ↑ web.archive.org - berlin.de/polizei: Prevention - Anti-Conflict-Teams , September 8, 2009, accessed November 3, 2019
- ↑ Berliner Morgenpost: Anti-conflict teams to prevent riots , May 2, 2003, accessed November 3, 2019
- ↑ bz-ticket.de: "Black Thursday": Police exercise self-criticism , July 7, 2011, accessed November 3, 2019
- ^ Badische Neue Nachrichten: Info teams at the G-20 summit , March 17, 2017, accessed November 3, 2019
- ↑ PZ-News.de: Anti-Conflict Teams for High-Risk Games at KSC , February 24, 2010, accessed November 3, 2019
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt: Almost 30 police officers in the "Anti-Conflict Team" , September 30, 2009, accessed November 3, 2019