Overview
- Interior Senator Iris Spranger and Police President Barbara Slowik Meisel traveled to California in early February to attend the Super Bowl at the NFL’s invitation.
- The delegation’s stated goal was to promote Berlin as a regular host for NFL games following November’s matchup at the Olympiastadion.
- Meetings in San Francisco and Oakland covered policing technologies, including the use of drones, plus emergency coordination and disaster management.
- Officials also sought lessons on drug-crime responses in cities hard hit by the opioid crisis and visited a homeless services center and a shelter for women and children.
- The three-day trip cost €33,500 with business-class flights, which the interior administration justified as necessary for readiness, drawing critical commentary over optics but no allegations of illegality.