Overview

• Court-ordered searches were carried out at 6 a.m. Wednesday across police directorates in Braunschweig, Lüneburg, Osnabrück, Oldenburg and the state’s Central Police Directorate.
• The probe focuses on a private group from November 2019 that allegedly shared racist remarks, Nazi-trivializing memes and ableist images.
• Participants were exclusively male classmates from the Police Academy in Oldenburg, with one already dismissed and another in separate dismissal proceedings.
• The eight officers whose devices were seized are serving on probation, and disciplinary and civil-service investigations are underway.
• Interior Minister Daniela Behrens said anyone who disregards human dignity has no place in Lower Saxony’s police.