Overview
- The Mönchengladbach prosecutor opened a criminal case on suspected offenses by several officers and asked Aachen police to handle the investigative work for neutrality.
- Police President Stephan Zenker had already barred three leaders from duty and reorganized the 18-person duty group to protect staff and keep operations running.
- The alleged misconduct includes boundary-crossing leadership, mobbing, sexualized language, and other workplace abuse toward police colleagues.
- Some claims reach back several years and involve officers roughly 20 to 40 years old, and the force offered counseling to those affected.
- Police say there are also allegations against other members of the same unit who remain in service while checks continue, a case that adds to recent scrutiny of police conduct in North Rhine-Westphalia.