Court judgment: Thuringian police in the listening scandal under pressure!

Court judgment: Thuringian police in the listening scandal under pressure!

Erfurt, Deutschland - The court decision in Thuringia About the police listening campaigns causes excitement. According to a report by MDR , the court in question and emphasized that there was no dangerous intervention through the parties involved would have. In fact, the police's actions were even suitable to reduce traffic dangers. This assessment raises new questions: What does this mean for the ongoing investigation? The Gera public prosecutor's office is now examining the effects of this decision and it is also possible that the telephone surveillance and raids will be questioned among the police officers concerned.

attacks in raids

The circumstances of one of these procedures are particularly dramatic: not only the apartment door was broken open in a raid against a staff council, but also captivated the suspect in front of his family. This was done in the office of the GdP police union in Erfurt. The GdP now complains of these measures because there has not been a search decision, which dives in a questionable light.

The public prosecutor, on the other hand, sees the search as lawful. But that's not all: the Thuringian data protection officer is currently checking the confiscation of two servers of the union that contain highly sensitive data from around 4,500 people affected. Not only could there be a potential violation of data protection here, but also the legality of the information itself is now being questioned. The public prosecutor also sent the data protection officer delayed documents, which further complicated the situation.

What is mystery?

But what role does the secret treason play in this scandal? According to an article on often affects persons in legal positions as Managing Directors or IT specialists who have access to confidential information. It is unauthorized passion or inadequate protection of sensitive data, which can result in serious legal consequences. The punishment contains fines or even imprisonment of up to three years.

In the police context, the treason represents a serious violation of service secrecy, which is regulated in the paragraphs § 353b and § 203 StGB. Police officers are legally obliged to keep confidential information secret in order to guarantee not only the integrity of their own investigations, but also the security of confidential informants. criminal-lexikon.de emphasizes that already known cases such as the British policeman Mark Kennedy, which gave information to private companies, which devastating consequences can have the secret of the secret.

Right now it is crucial to keep an eye on the processes related to the secretion and the associated legal framework in order not to endanger not only trust in the police, but also public security.