Special units of the police celebrate 50 years for security!

Special units of the police celebrate 50 years for security!

Altenholz, Deutschland - Kiel, the pulse of security! The special units of the Schleswig-Holstein state police celebrated a brilliant festival on Thursday, November 14, 2024, because they proudly look back on 50 years of heroism in dangerous locations. In the auditorium of the University of Applied Sciences for Administration and Service in Altenholz, Interior Minister Dr. Sabine Sütterlin-Waack in front of a proud 300 guests from politics and Bundeswehr The invaluable role of mobile operational command (MEK) and Special Operations Command (SEK) for the security of the citizens of Germany.

"In the case of hostage frames, kidnappings and the arrest of particularly dangerous criminals, these brave men and women are always there when it matters," emphasized the minister in her impressive speech. The first SEK was launched in the 1970s when the world was shaken by the terrible hostage frames in the Munich Olympic village. Schleswig-Holstein's first special unit started in 1974. These elite staff are prepared for everything and fight in the service of justice! Since the merging of SEK and MEK at the State Criminal Police Office in 2005, they have been an unshakable unit, equipped with state -of -the -art technology.

glorious missions!

One of the most spectacular missions is the historical arrest of RAF terrorist Christian Klar in 1982. With shocking courage, this sneaked up for weeks in a weapon endpot for weeks! In July 1997, experts bloodlessly prevented a hostage -taking in the Lübeck correctional facility. The notorious “Panzerknacker gang” was also taken in 2005 in the act-one remember the horror masks and the blasting of ATMs in the north!

With a view to the constantly growing threats from all over the world, which even reach Schleswig-Holstein, the deputy LKA director Rolfpeter Ott said: "The challenges of 1974 are more relevant today!"