Germany: Berlin's Police Problem by Stefan Frank  •  January 12, 2018 at 5:00 am According to reports, frequent, habitual and sometimes criminal misconduct by Berlin's police cadets, especially those with a migrant background, is rampant in the Berlin-Spandau police academy. Recently, an Arab intern, working at a Berlin police precinct, copied confidential data from investigations into a Lebanese organized-crime clan, and sent it to unidentified recipients. Prior to Anis Amri's jihadist attack on the Berlin Christmas market, where he murdered 12 people, Berlin's police had allowed Amri to move around freely, even though they had numerous chances to detain him on charges of terrorism or a range of other serious crimes. Other government agencies requested that the Berlin police put Amri under permanent surveillance and inform them of his whereabouts, but were left unanswered. One year after the Berlin Christmas market massacre, Germans need to be concerned about the state of their police forces, as well as the politicians who are supposed to be overseeing law enforcement. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) Berlin's local government has come under fire after reports of frequent, habitual and sometimes criminal misconduct by Berlin's police cadets. According to the reports, such misconduct, especially by those with a migrant background, is rampant in the Berlin-Spandau police academy. The scandal was revealed when a private WhatsApp voicemail was leaked to the public. The author, a paramedic who had given classes in the academy, complained: Continue Reading Article