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Johannes Onnich Named Permanent Chief of Dorfen Police

The veteran KPZ investigator takes over a low-crime district where operations center on traffic safety, major events and preparedness.

Overview

  • Onnich was officially introduced at Dorfen’s town hall and assumes the post on an open-ended basis after a decade-spanning career in organized crime, cybercrime, narcotics and state security at Oberbayern Nord’s KPZ.
  • Tobias Rötzer, who led Dorfen on an interim basis since January 1, 2025, has transferred to the Erding station to work in operations planning.
  • The Dorfen station covers nine municipalities and about 44,000 residents; crime fell 10.8% in 2024 to a frequency of 2,648 per 100,000 with a clearance rate around 74–75%.
  • Staffing stands at 39 officers, below plan, with three additional posts promised and scheduled to be filled in 2026.
  • Operational focus remains on road safety and major-event policing, with more than 80 people injured in traffic crashes so far in 2025, three fatalities in a June fortnight, and recent joint exercises at the kbo clinic including arson and a 60-participant hostage scenario; parallel leadership changes were also confirmed in Fürstenfeldbruck and Landsberg.