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Welcome to the UEFA Champions League match Borussia Dortmund - FC Barcelona on 15.04.2025 in Dortmund
The Dortmund Police welcome the FC Barcelona fans to Dortmund! We expressly welcome sports enthusiasts and peaceful soccer fans to our city. We are aware that support and an impressive atmosphere are part of a soccer match.
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UEFA Nations League Germany vs. Italy
Dear soccer fans of Germany and Italy! We expressly welcome sports enthusiasts and peaceful soccer fans to our city. We are aware that support and an impressive atmosphere are part and parcel of a soccer match. We look forward to this positive and peaceful contribution to a successful soccer f...
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Your local police - We in Dortmund and Lünen
Here you will find all the current appointments ⏰ of your district service officers 👮 in your respective districts in Dortmund and Lünen.
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01 June 2021

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Video surveillance in Nordstadt: Police Commissioner Gregor Lange extends video surveillance on Münsterstraße and in Dietrich-Keuning-Park
Ref. No.: 0673 Video surveillance on Münsterstraße started in 2021 with permanently installed cameras by order of Gregor Lange. The order for Dietrich-Keuning-Park was then added in 2023. In addition to permanently installed cameras, a Dortmund police video container is also used here.
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Weapon carrying bans ordered - Police Commissioner Gregor Lange sets up task force to combat knife crime
"Conflicts are increasingly being resolved not only with words, and in some cases not even with fists, but too often unfortunately with weapons such as knives. The inhibition thresholds have fallen," said Police Commissioner Gregor Lange at the beginning of April when presenting the police crime sta...

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08 April 2025 | 02:00 PM

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Reinforcement for the North Rhine-Westphalia police force: 3,000 young people take oath of office

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20 March 2025 | 05:32 PM

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Video surveillance starts at Dortmund Central Station - police chief welcomes rapid implementation

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Preliminary New Year's Eve balance sheet of the police in North Rhine-Westphalia

Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

18 December 2024 | 12:16 PM

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Dark season - police warn against burglaries, give tips and distribute multilingual prevention flyers

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15 November 2024 | 12:34 PM

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Dortmund Christmas City begins - focus on combating knife crime

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Minister Reul presents situation report on knife violence and concept for combating it

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18 July 2024 | 08:27 AM

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Video surveillance in Nordstadt: Police Commissioner Gregor Lange extends video surveillance on Münsterstraße and in Dietrich-Keuning-Park

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16 July 2024 | 02:02 PM

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31 days of UEFA EURO 2024 in Dortmund - police take stock

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11 July 2024 | 04:19 PM

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Summary of yesterday's soccer match in Dortmund: 50 criminal charges and several detentions

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Crime trends

Here you can find the current police crime statistics for Dortmund and Lünen and those of previous years.

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Cybergrooming, sextortion, child pornography

Young people as victims and perpetrators of coercion, blackmail and abuse on the internet

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Combating right-wing extremism

"Nazi stronghold of the West", "headquarters of the neo-Nazi scene" - nationwide reporting has been unanimous in recent years about the city in the Ruhr region. Dortmund has repeatedly been named as the center of a right-wing extremist scene that has been consolidated over decades. However, the figh...

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"Safety in focus": Strengthening the population's sense of security by combating crime in public spaces

At just over 14 km², Dortmund's Nordstadt is one of the smaller districts in terms of area. However, with almost 60,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous area. Nordstadt is a lively and colorful part of the city, which is also home to many different people with different migration and immigration...
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Road safety

We all have a decisive influence on road safety. And human error is (unfortunately) still the biggest risk factor.

Fast

informed

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We're breaking new ground: Dortmund Police 🚔 now also on WhatsApp 📌

From tomorrow (22.11.) you will also be able to find our police content on our WhatsApp channel. Our aim is to make it as easy as possible for citizens to receive information from Dortmund Police.

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Press releases and searches in Dortmund and Lünen

Here you will find an overview of all current press releases and searches by our authority

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Home burglary radar

Here you will find a map showing the burglaries in Dortmund and Lünen in the past week.

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Your local police - We in Dortmund and Lünen

Here you will find all the current appointments ⏰ of your district service officers 👮 in your respective districts in Dortmund and Lünen.
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Focus on safety for Dortmund and Lünen

On this page you will find monthly updated information on selected crime areas at state level and in the district police authorities as well as a file in machine-readable CSV format. On this page we publish monthly updated figures on crime trends in NRW.

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Dortmund Police on Facebook

Quick and entertaining information on our Facebook page

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Dortmund police on X

Quick and easy information via our X channel

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Dortmund police on Instagram

Police in pictures can be found on our Instagram page (account required)...

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UEFA EURO 2024 - FAIRPLAY + RESPECT campaign

UEFA EURO 2024: FAIR PLAY + RESPECT The FAIRPLAY + RESPECT campaign by the police and the cities of Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen and Cologne and the initiative DER MENSCH DAHINTER FAIRPLAY + RESPECT not only applies on the "pitch", but also in everyday dealings between all citizens, gue...

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NRW police mourn police officer from Mannheim who died in the line of duty

Patrol cars drive with mourning flags

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Presentation of the 2023 police crime statistics: Crime rises by almost 12 percent - Dortmund is not immune to the national trend

Serial no. No.: 0352 Dortmund Police Chief Gregor Lange presented the 2023 police crime statistics for Dortmund and Lünen this morning (April 3) together with the Head of the Crime Directorate, Jörg Ziegler.

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"sicher.mobil.leben" in freight transport: police were in action in Dortmund and on the freeways

In Dortmund and on the freeways, Dortmund Police Headquarters took part in the Europe-wide "sicher.mobil.leben" (safe.mobile.life) control campaign on Wednesday (17.4.2024), which focuses on improving road safety every year. In 2024, the theme was "Freight traffic in view".
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Diversity Day 2024

Dortmund Police will be taking part in Diversity Day on 28 May 2024 and will be illuminating its exhibition in rainbow colors 💚💙💜🧡💛 in the evening.

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Holistic approach to combating youth crime in the districts and in the city center - Police Commissioner Gregor Lange takes stock of 2023

Ref. No.: 0255 "It is shocking when even the youngest among us commit crimes, or even become serious offenders. And then we have to use all the means at our disposal to make it clear to these young people that the rule of law is strong." Police Commissioner Gregor Lange made this statement as rec...

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More drugs as a cause of accidents - Police Commissioner: "Common sense must not fall by the wayside"

Following the decline in road accidents in the pandemic years, the number of accidents in Dortmund rose by 13% to 24,600 compared to 2022/2023. In the year before the pandemic (2019), the figure was 24,980.

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Police Chief Gregor Lange: "The Soko Rechts is and will remain a strong instrument of the police in the fight against right-wing extremist crimes in Dortmund"

Serial no. No.: 0240 Since the Soko Rechts was set up by Police Commissioner Gregor Lange in 2015, its extensive work has shown anew every year how resilient the democratic constitutional state is in the fight against extremism. Since then, the number of crimes committed in this politically motiv...
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A vehicle seized almost every three days: Dortmund police keep up the fight against the speeding, posing and illegal tuning scene

Serial no. No.: 0210 A normal night in Dortmund's city center at the corner of Südwall and Ruhrallee, from Monday to Tuesday (February 20). The temperature outside is quite mild and two cars are parked at a red light: a BMW and a Renault. The drivers are chatting with their windows open.

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"Video surveillance - an indispensable component of the Dortmund police's security concept"

"In addition to police presence, priority operations with civilian forces and the riot police, the bundled investigative expertise in the EK Nordstadt and close cooperation with network partners, video surveillance is an indispensable component of our security strategy," said Dortmund's Chief of Pol...

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Increased control measures since July 2023 - police take initial stock

Ref. No.: 0197 Since July 2023, the Dortmund Police Headquarters has been assigned additional officers by the Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, which has significantly increased the pressure of policing in Dortmund city center and Nordstadt.

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Police and city of Dortmund take stock: New Year's Eve passed off without any major incidents

This is a joint press release from Dortmund Police and the City of Dortmund on New Year's Eve 2023/2024.
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Dortmund police and public prosecutor's office present the establishment of the "Cold Case" investigation team and newly opened cases

At a press conference, the head of Criminal Investigation Department 1, Criminal Director Anika Uhlmann, investigators from KK 11 of the Dortmund police and public prosecutor Gülkiz Yazir from the Dortmund public prosecutor's office presented the work of the "Cold Case" investigation team and six of...

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We're breaking new ground: Dortmund Police 🚔 now also on WhatsApp 📌

From tomorrow (22.11.) you will also be able to find our police content on our WhatsApp channel. Our aim is to make it as easy as possible for citizens to receive information from Dortmund Police.

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Police exhibition 110

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU: Take a seat, read, listen, experience the police! We would like to show you the diversity of police work - away from movies and television! On more than 500 square meters we present topics of current police work and police history.

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Canteen at Dortmund Police Headquarters

Visit our police canteen on the 7th floor at Markgrafenstr. 102!

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The Dortmund police between 1933 and 1945

This special partial exhibition vividly illustrates the role of the police under National Socialism between 1933 and 1945. It is available to all police officers, but also to all interested citizens, to educate them about the Nazi regime and the role of the Dortmund police in this era. In the polic...

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Complaints, Complaints, Des plaintes

Here you will find our complaint form. EN: Here you will find our complaint form. Please note - a translation program or an interpreter may be helpful for further communication! FR: Vous trouverez ici notre formulaire de plainte. Veuillez noter - un programme de traduction ou un interprète peut êt...
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Public notifications and announcements

Please get in touch with us!

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Bicycle coding at the ADFC

Put a stop to bicycle thieves. ADFC Dortmund will engrave your personal bike code into the frame or stick it onto your bike using a special process.

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Archive on police history

We keep a small archive for the 110 police exhibition, as there is not enough space for all the exhibits in the exhibition area. It houses a collection of various items from many decades of police history. This includes uniform parts and equipment as well as textbooks, law books and photos of events...

Career choice

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Nächster Termin zur Inforunde im Polizeipräsidium Dortmund

Thursday, 24 April 2025
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Internship

These internships are generally possible at Dortmund Police: Internship at a school, administrative internship, career exploration and legal clerkship. Participation in Girls/Boys Day, a one-day internship, is carried out in group form on the date of the "career exploration". Individual internship...

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Next Level: Fachoberschule Polizei

Seit August 2022 gibt es einen weiteren, ganz neuen Weg zur Polizei NRW: Das Fachabitur Polizei. Wir bieten Schülerinnen und Schülern einen zweijährigen Bildungsgang an zahlreichen Berufskollegs in ganz NRW. Hier bekommen diese die Möglichkeit, mit einem mittleren Bildungsabschluss oder der Berechti...

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Are you interested in vacancies at Dortmund Police?

Every year at the beginning of September, the North Rhine-Westphalia police force recruits 2660 police officer candidates for the police profession. However, the application phase begins in the previous year. You can also apply to become a government inspector candidate (RIA). Further vacancies for ...
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Your path to becoming a police officer

Are you interested in becoming a police officer in NRW and would like to apply? Comprehensive information is important for a qualified career choice. We can help!

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Career NRW - Job market NRW

Keep an eye on this page yourself! Please refrain from sending unsolicited applications to Dortmund Police.

Nationwide information

for Dortmund and NRW

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No respect for life: Police put the brakes on banned races - a balance sheet

Anyone who takes part in a prohibited race or significantly exceeds the speed limit for other reasons is risking human life. The Dortmund police are therefore stepping on the brakes and showing speeders the red card.

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"Make your password strong" - Minister Reul launches prevention campaign on the use of secure passwords

Reul: "Nobody would leave their front door open at night. So why don't we lock our data doors?"

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Open your eyes and close your bag! Thieves are always on the move.

Pickpockets find their victims wherever there are lots of people and crowds. The police give valuable tips on how you can protect yourself against the tricks of pickpockets. Open your eyes and close your bag!

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Kurve kriegen

-Early help instead of late hardship- is the motto against child and juvenile delinquency
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Crash course

In July 2012, the first Crash Course NRW event was held in Dortmund and Lünen by the Dortmund police road safety advisors, followed by numerous follow-up events and a consistently positive response. Here, members of various professional groups who have experienced an accident involving young drivers...

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Crash course NRW: Experience reality. Really tough.

"Crash Kurs NRW" is a traffic accident prevention program for young adults in which the NRW police, among others, support educational institutions as part of their mobility education. The program is aimed specifically at young people in the 10th and 11th grades as well as vocational school students.

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Press releases of the Dortmund police