Overview
- The police authority provisionally removed five officers from duty after investigators found possible criminal offenses, a move announced on Monday, June 15.
- Prosecutors trace the probe to an April 2025 arrest and search in which two officers are accused of using disproportionate physical force and an individual was injured.
- The Staatsanwaltschaft suspects three other officers of obstructing justice for possibly knowing about the misconduct and failing to report it, and those allegations are under criminal investigation.
- Separately, the police began disciplinary proceedings against two more officers and reassigned them to different service areas, with some disciplinary steps paused while criminal inquiries proceed.
- Authorities say tips to the internal complaints office helped trigger the review, officials warn the case damages public trust, and they stress the investigations are in their early stages with suspects presumed innocent until proven otherwise.