New phone numbers for the police in Zweibrücken and Pirmasens!

The police in the West Palatinate will be equipped with new telephone numbers at the end of January 2025. According to a report by Rheinpfalz are switched off for the population affected cities of Zweibrücken and Pirmasens were used. In emergencies, the achievable emergency number 110 remains unchanged.

In addition to the changeover of the telephone numbers, the police in this area fulfills important sovereign tasks, as explained on the website of Local service . The police act as the state's executive body and have the right to use violence, whereby the proportionality must always be maintained. Her main tasks include the guarantee of public security and order as well as the persecution and enlightenment of criminal acts.

tasks and responsibility of the police

In particular, the security is the responsibility of the police in the area of internal security. In addition, she is responsible for controlling legally forbidden acts and monitoring road traffic. The police stations are made up of various units, including criminal police inspections, traffic police inspections and hundreds of riot police.

In the context of law enforcement, the police are subject to the legal principle, which obliges them to clarify and pursue crimes. Public prosecutors support in these investigations, and the police are entitled to determine measures such as confiscation and search.