Overview

• The Neuruppin public prosecutor’s office has opened an inquiry into two police academy trainees in Oranienburg on suspicion of incitement to hatred.
• Authorities allege the trainees made racist and extremist remarks about dark-skinned offenders, homosexuals, and the domestic intelligence agency during classroom sessions.
• The Polizei-Hochschule Brandenburg suspended the trainees with a duty ban that ended on July 24 after investigators cited the complexity of the case.
• Brandenburg’s Interior Ministry has initiated formal disciplinary proceedings that could result in the cadets’ dismissal if the accusations are substantiated.
• The probe adds to a series of far-right and racist conduct investigations in Brandenburg and Berlin police forces dating back to 2019 under a zero-tolerance policy.