North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul.
© Marius Becker / dpa
From now on, child sexual abuse cases will have a different weighting. In North Rhine-Westphalia, the crime headquarters are now responsible for them.
- As of now, cases of more sexual Child abuse in NRW treated differently.
- Since Tuesday (September 1st) the 16 Criminal headquarters the police responsible.
- NRW Minister of the Interior Herbert Reul (CDU) welcomes this step.
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North Rhine-Westphalia – cases of more sexual Child abuse are now in North Rhine-Westphalia treated differently than before. From this Tuesday, such cases will switch to the 16 Criminal headquarters.
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NRW Minister of the Interior |
Herbert Reul |
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Born |
August 31, 1952 (age 68) |
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Political party |
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) |
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education |
University of Cologne |
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NRW: Child sexual abuse will be treated differently from now on – Herbert Reul welcomes the move
Because from now on the 16 Criminal headquarters responsible for sexual Child abuse the cases are given a different weighting. That reports the German press agency (dpa).
NRW Minister of the Interior Herbert Reul (CDU) emphasizes: “In this way, we treat these offenses with the same high priority as we do Murder and homicide. “He also argues that the protection of the children have the highest priority.
As of tomorrow, only the 16 criminal headquarters will be in charge of cases of sexual abuse #Police in #NRW responsible. In addition, Minister @hreul: pic.twitter.com/lniXkH9dLq
– Ministry of the Interior NRW (@IM_NRW) August 31, 2020
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NRW: Cases in Lügde or Münster are also likely to have been decisive for this change
Herbert Reul also states that cases of Child abuse “incredibly expensive” for the police. It is all the more important to organize the investigation in the best possible way.
One reason for this step is probably the big ones Child abuse cases be that recently in NRW were revealed. In the cases of abuse in Lügde, Bergisch Gladbach and there were a large number of cases of sexual abuse in Münster to sacrifice and far above NRW In addition, a number of arrests (more news from NRW at RUHR24.de).
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Both 16 Criminal headquarters in the most populous federal state, these are the police headquarters in:
- Aachen
- Bielefeld
- Bochum
- Bonn
- Dortmund
- Düsseldorf
- Duisburg
- Essen
- Gelsenkirchen
- Hagen
- Cologne
- Krefeld
- Mönchengladbach
- Münster
- Recklinghausen
- Wuppertal
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For all others Sexual offenses meanwhile, the district police authorities remain responsible.
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