Hennigsdorf, town of 26,000....about an hour outside of Berlin.
They have a decent train station there....mostly to get people back and forth to Berlin.
So....crimes are up for some reason....in and around the station.
Locals approached the city council and appealed for voluntary citizen patrols are to ensure more order around the train station.
I pondered this idea....you don't see voluntary citizen patrols in Germany much. Who would likely be on such patrols? I reckon....older retirees. Probably three or four older folks....with cellphones, and a jacket to identify their organization.
Picking on young punks who loiter mostly? Yeah...very likely.
The problem I see...in six months....they might actually lessen the crime rate....by driving the 'bad-boys' to leave. Then other cities would jump in and advocate citizen patrols.
I'm not saying it's bad thing....but it's a magnet for AfD folks to participate in 'guard-duty'.
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