Firearms Use Commission
In some federal states of Germany, the Firearms Use Commission (SGK) or firearms commission refers to a group of police employees commissioned by the local public prosecutor's office who are appointed by a colleague (police officer) on duty to independently check the legality of the use of firearms .
Situation in the state of Berlin
A SGK / SK worked in West Berlin from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s; there were public disputes regarding the partiality of the police authority in dealing with accused colleagues. The Benno Ohnesorg case was extensively discussed and many sides accused the police of protecting their own suspect officers such as Kurras . At that time, the shooter was acquitted in court after the police and the judiciary had not found any wrongdoing and the charge was only "negligent homicide". As a result, the SK was formed.
Later, in 1983, the case of a young burglar was shot dead in Berlin-Wilmersdorf because of the misconduct of the SK discussed intensively. The burglar climbed over a roof and was shot in the dark by the young policeman Jörg R. while he was fleeing from a second-hand shop. The SGK saw appropriate behavior ( Putativnotwehr ), but the court criticized their partiality; the shooter testified, but his statements were obviously grossly untrue. Numerous officials, according to the SK chairman Waldow on oath and the police press spokesman Schultz insolently, lied in court, were later convicted and transferred internally. The SGK was abolished in Berlin after this public "judicial reprimand"; the accused policeman received a prison sentence of 2½ years and lost his civil servant status.
Today, an investigation team from the homicide squad is commissioned by the investigating public prosecutor's office in comparable situations .
Other federal states
As a rule, appropriate investigative commissions are set up by the public prosecutor's office.
The European Community is also striving to harmonize national laws in this special area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. TAZ of September 25, 1987 Plutonia Plarre: An unusual police incident .
- ↑ cf. "Untargeted". The police and Humanist Union Berlin (ed.), P. 85 u. 129; Berlin 1983
- ↑ cf. "Public prosecutor checks police operations", Tagesspiegel of October 8, 2012
- ^ A case in location, 2009
- ↑ Radio Bulgaria, April 11, 2012: Parliament takes measures against police violence ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )