they killed 12 people including an american soldier on thursday. you're watching the news coming up next with violence against police on the rise here in germany will be asking. the onset remember you can we get the latest headlines around the clock on our web site that's 2 w. don't call me a minute it's mackinnon thanks so much. the boss and it's as if they don't need to keep every bit of the old for over gretchen home the 4th time for the most recent article about. the roman ballet that an awesome dragon as well as called the hole through. to the real books on. the tumbling dice from fires came from jurors or dealing with any more than i killed many civilians. come including my father such as i was

a student i wanted to build a life for myself like these totally sudden my life became knowledge to kind of. providing insights global news that matters d. w. me for mines. hardly a shift goes by without a physical assault. police officers are experiencing violence more and more often. now some german states are hoping body camps may help deescalate that trend worn on the uniforms the cameras record the encounter and may discourage potential attackers. that's the idea anyway.

minds the state capital of a violent. giving shia and stephon male are going on t.v. the 2 officers carry a new weapon in the fight against the increasing violence and decreasing respect from the public body cams. the primary aim is our own safety and other words we wear the body cam as a preventative measure. we always carry them and we turn them on in dangerous and tense situations to try to influence the behavior of the people we gauge with. almost every team is equipped with the tiny cameras when they go out on patrol. the days 1st call involves bodily injury special forces are already at the scene or

the suspect is known to the police as a hooligan with a record of bodily harm forging checks narcotics possession and resisting police officers this time the suspect is accused of beating a homeless person police officer saw him do it the suspect claims to have been defending himself after a provocation it's his 2nd encounter with the police in one day but he backs down the officers never even turned on. body count. it's a busy day in minds the weather is good the home team has just won an important soccer match the party mood and alcohol increase the danger that the police will experience violence. soon in mind says pedestrian mall stephan male and gavin spears account to take down a charge of verbal abuse the accuser is the same hole again from before.

definitely abused me she said i was a what did she say a weirdo and her boyfriend said you know what's the buzz off you with the red monster lips very well behaved yourself and stay close to me that's a non-celebrity you come back with me and remain standing here in front of the democrats would like to follow stand. even with prior convictions for bodily harm and resisting the police the man feels they're treating him unfairly. i heard what was said and i saw what happened at the station and obviously things aren't going very well in town today and here we take a step back. and then we can talk bunch absorbed and then move in. but the hooligan appears to have very little respect for officer stefan nail. you've already acknowledged what was sent. so everything's in order no reason that this thing 09 i was in it. so now we're here to take down your complaint. you take a step back. i don't come any closer. than you're on camera

as of now. stephan male turns on the body cam he's required to inform the citizens virtually once again of the video recording concerts fast and basically what happened was that this person was getting relatively aggressive. in my direction in particular so i decided to turn on the body cam for reasons of my own personal safety. he was getting too close to me and i wanted to prevent that i was hoping that he'd moderate his behavior and let the situation deescalate a little. and that's just the way it seems to have worked. managed. after the initial year long test phase the officers and mines have had overall positive experiences with body cams they do seem to help diminish a general lack of respect. from her figure more often you have

a situation where people see how far they can go. and also i think they can handle a police officer a bit differently than they would otherwise in situations like that it's important to nip that in the bud and take direct action and say ok up to this point and no further. it's the c.n.n. on this wider. when the police go off duty they hand the recorded video footage to their superior officer he has special software allowing him alone to copy saying or delete the videos. where is your idea your marco and mr marco have you got a last name the body can records both images and sound. i'm not at all happy that you're here ruining the mood. now i've got the camera turned on because of the color saying you're aggressive i'm not why you yelling here i'm not yelling at all now i'm going to search for your id papers no i don't have any idea. are you deaf

you dumb pig. along with discouraging abuse the body cams can provide conclusive documentary evidence of crimes even of crimes the police officers themselves have committed so the body cams not only protect the interests of the police but of the citizens they encounter. since their introduction violence against police officers has dropped by nearly 50 percent in mine but some criminal charges are still filed the document extreme hostility towards the police. shoulder to the accused behaved extremely aggressively threatening to attack the officers after he's released he spat on an officer and insulted all officers present calling them sons of bitches saying bang your mothers on your graves. so he is remanded to the custody of police station one he's aged 16 to be picked up at the station later by his parents that court and the officers were only trying to stop

a brawl. in another case from 2 days ago the subjects' began resisting a female suspect it one officers arm and another's face and struck another in the chest to restore control over the situation at least 2 other subjects had to be pinned to the ground and restrained to fix it. can only speculate as to why disrespect resistance and abuse have generally increased. for one i'm sure something is lacking in their upbringing their parents may be unable to handle things these days and the courts have so much. to do that many cases aren't processed completely. british barber to ben cohen aunt the one by i get when things bother me personally in court i have to put on the teflon and just take the abuse as a police officer. study then you wonder if any judge realizes what the current situation is really like. actually that was on. shortly

afterwards the officers are back on the beat in downtown minds when they drive past 2 men one of them gives them the finger in germany it is a legal to insult an officer. we're running an identity check because he's flipped as the middle finger so we check him out and you can't do that it's not allowed money if you've had even a minimal are bringing you want to know that this kind of thing isn't proper. right of nasiriya in the us doesn't is good for these officers in line has been crossed. when can you explain to me why you did that. the brothers have come to minds from switzerland to party down to the duty officers in switzerland the finger as well and how do they react today like it when they discovered the officers ordered them to leave they have to vacate the area. with disrespect and violence directed at the police has soared to magically in recent years. 35 year old stefan

male has also had his share of these experiences while on the beat at this site he once had to handcuff a teenager who was becoming extremely aggressive. and was cleared of always with things just as i was giving him instructions he turned around and spat in my face. you can feel this incredible rage at that moment which of course causes a really strong discussed. spitting in someone's face as many fellow officers confirm that this is what provokes you and gets you worked up inside most of all. it's awful that no amount of training can prepare a police officer for something like that. that have been there i yelled at him that way i got rid of lots of rage and emotion and that moment your human side really comes out. and it doesn't matter whatever you want to round is thinking and seeing for a moment your human self comes out and you can't control it. but ok you're not just

a police officer that functions of the push of a button no matter want. makes totally correct and emotion free decisions. going in what's wrong with on a night shift stephon mail and gavin spears have to check out a group of teens. everyone staying here for the lobby checking everyone's id. hey you stay right there you come down over going to have to come here everyone come over here. i'll buy the war over there once the young men between the ages of 18 and 23 have no intention of letting the officers see their i.d.'s like that they stall and provoke every way they can stones edition you stand over there yes do i have to raise my voice again. that's a provocation when i tell you to stand there 5 times and you just don't do it. here

the officers tried deescalation tactics as long as they can without a body cam. almost all that's understood can't let the situation get out of control you have to show people their limits and they've reached the point where we're not going to take any more. than don't make a fuss i want to go home what are you doing there you're sleeping in a cell in flight why am i sleeping there when an alcohol test on me 1st call your mother told her i didn't do anything you should run an alcohol test this i know what you're doing you're grabbing my throat yes i'm buckling un why buckle me in i want to go home you can't do that there. shortly after the officers are called to take charge of the man he was caught trying to get away the man is aggressive so the body count is switched on. now listen i'm turning the camera on because i was everything you say now will be recorded you stay seated

here and calm down. in florida you have to worry visuals i mean you know who is a racist makeup artist right i'm telling the camera back on. the way your acting here says you're for hiten i'll call you personally while you kiss me your not doing what we're telling you to notice is this is nothing to do with racism you're spending the night in constant. the without side comment yourself no i really don't want to bodily harm threatened assault and persistence are hazards the police face tens of thousands of cases annually have been recorded throughout germany the numbers have been rising for years and minds the negative trend was stopped by the body ham. to.

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