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A teenager flees from the police: a fast-paced chase ends in a fall
A 17-year-old crashes his motorcycle in Kleinarl and ignores police instructions. Focus on alcohol and lack of driving license.
A teenager flees from the police: a fast-paced chase ends in a fall
There was a spectacular police operation in Kleinarl when a 17-year-old made a dangerous escape from the police on his motorcycle at night. According to information from ORF The teenager ignored all of the officers' stop signals and raced towards Wagrain at excessive speed. The risky ride finally ended on a forest path, where he crashed his motorcycle and fled on foot. It was only through the courageous intervention of two hikers who happened to be passing by that the teenager was stopped after 200 meters.
During the check it turned out that the 17-year-old did not have a valid motorcycle license and was driving with a blood alcohol level of 1.64 per mille. In addition, his vehicle was not registered for traffic. This led to the police taking away his Category B test driving license (car) and reporting various traffic offenses against him. This escalation in a seemingly harmless situation raises questions about the relationship between police and young people, especially with regard to possible social tensions such as those in the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law be addressed.
Rising tensions between young people and police
The “POLIS” research project deals with interactions between police and young people in multi-ethnic societies and shows that relations in Germany are more relaxed compared to countries like France. In France, increased pressure and more restrictive police power often lead to violent protests, which exacerbates the problem. The investigations from various cities show that young people with a migrant background in particular get into conflicts with officials more often and that social tensions can therefore arise.
The number of unreported cases of such incidents could possibly be higher than is known to the public, while the situation in Germany has been significantly improved through a police strategy that is closer to the citizen. It becomes clear that the way the police treat young people is crucial for the legitimacy of their work and the trust of the population. These results from the POLIS project should provide impetus for further improvements in police work and social integration.