The Green Party’s top candidate for the state elections in Baden-Württemberg, Cem Ozdemirhas called for a comprehensive security concept for public spaces and is open to AI-supported ones Video surveillance shown. Municipalities should be given “simple and pragmatic rules for video surveillance in unsafe places,” said Özdemir Picture on Sunday.
Özdemir further said that pilot projects such as intelligent, AI-supported video surveillance in Mannheim should be expanded.
Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt had called for more in the Bundestag on Friday Video surveillance pronounced at train stations. He said: “This creates trust and security for our population.” He also called for the law on the powers of the federal police, parts of which date back to 1994, to be adapted to the current situation. “If you want security in a modern world, you cannot operate with tools from the past,” said the CSU politician at the first consultation on the planned reform.
Criticism came from the left-wing faction. Their domestic politician Clara Bünger said the draft law was “a step towards authoritarianism and a surveillance state.” She warned: “Anyone who doesn’t fit into the cityscape will be checked even more frequently.” She was alluding to a statement by Friedrich Merz (CDU) that brought accusations of racism against the Chancellor in October.
To combat extremism and smuggling, the federal police should be given powers to monitor telecommunications. It should be able to apply for deportation detention and exit custody for foreigners who are legally obliged to leave the country if it encounters them in its area of responsibility. This is to prevent submersion. In the future, “random and random checks” in gun and knife ban zones at train stations or on trains will also be permitted.
