Overview
- Berlin’s Justice Administration confirmed plans to provide protective vests to roughly 270 court bailiffs.
- The bailiffs’ association reported 222 requests for vests, with costs estimated at about €1,050 per set and around €276,000 in total.
- Association chair Martin Graetz said the order is expected this year, with deliveries beginning in early 2026.
- Reports describe worsening safety in recent years, including a case last year where a bailiff was shot at through a closed door without injury.
- Berlin bailiffs enforce monetary claims, serve court papers, and carry out seizures and evictions, and they collected about €57 million in 2023.