Overview

• Barbara Görich-Reinel, 65, will step down on October 1 after more than a decade in police chaplaincy and since 2022 as lead pastor for the EKHN service.
• A successor has not been decided, and the position is slated to be filled at the start of the new year for cost reasons, according to the reporting.
• The chaplaincy supports officers in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate with issues such as work-related strain, personal problems, illness, separation and bereavement.
• The service operates independently of state directives and is available regardless of an officer’s religious affiliation, alongside internal police support options.
• Hesse Interior Minister Roman Poseck praised the chaplaincy as indispensable, highlighting its role in offering comfort at annual memorials for officers who died in service.