Rainer Wendt
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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. "Populismus will gekonnt sein". taz.de.
- ^ https://www.zeit.de/2018/01/rainer-wendt-polizeigewerkschaft-beamtengehalt
- ^ https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/sonderermittlungen-rainer-wendt-affare-polizei-gewerkschaft-bezahlung-befoerderung/
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/rainer-wendt-der-falsche-mann-1.4696211