Overview
- A mobile video‑surveillance trailer is active at Hochfeld’s Pauluskirche from Thursday 18:00 to Sunday 10:00, with trained staff reviewing feeds, privacy‑sensitive areas masked and recordings auto‑deleted after 14 days unless needed for prosecution.
- Police in Duisburg are increasing visible patrols citywide and deploying plainclothes officers, while transport operator DVG is adding security teams at affected stops and on buses and trams.
- The measures follow severe Halloween‑night disorder in recent years, including 2024 vandalism that destroyed the Pauluskirche tram stop and repeated attacks on trams.
- NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul cautions that so‑called pranks can be criminal offences, and media and legal guidance highlight penalties for realistic imitation weapons and unlawful threatening behavior.
- Elsewhere, Berlin is fielding about 700 officers focused on known hotspots such as the High‑Deck‑Siedlung, Gropiusstadt, Pallasstraße and parts of Moabit, and Marl plans added controls with mobile video at the bus station.