Rainer Wendt

German police officer

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Rainer Wendt (born 29 November 1956 in Duisburg) is a German former policeman (Schutzpolizei). Since 2007 he is the Federal Chairman of the German Police Union (DPolG).^[1] The DPolG is one of the two German police unions. Left-of-center daily tagezeitung characterized Wendt as an effective populist notorious for law and order catchphrases.^[2]

In the first 48 hours following the 2015 Paris terror attacks, Wendt gave 22 interviews.^[3]

In 2016 he published a book titled Deutschland in Gefahr ("Germany in danger"). In 2017 a TV report uncovered how Wendt had been violating the law by accepting two simultaneous salaries, and not declaring additional jobs.^[4]

In the wake of the Amberg incident of December 2018 where four drunk asylum seekers had randomly beaten up passers-by, Wendt asked the Federal government to "take a stand" on that case.^[5]

In 2019, Saxony-Anhalt's Minister of the Interior wanted to appoint Wendt as state secretary but withdrew the nomination after a public outcry.^[6]

References

^ Bert Losse (20 April 2015). "Polizist Rainer Wendt: Deutschlands schillerndster Gewerkschaftschef". Wiwo.de (Wirtschaftswoche) (in German). Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt.
^ Kaul, Martin (18 January 2016). "Populismus will gekonnt sein". Die Tageszeitung: Taz.
^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl".
^ "Causa Wendt: Bezahlung und Beförderung rechtswidrig".
^ "German interior minister renews call for stricter deportation laws in wake of Amberg attacks". Deutsche Welle. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019. "The federal government must take a stand on this case," Wendt told Bild.
^ "Der falsche Mann".