Violence often started from mask refusersThere were more than 2,000 assaults on employees on local and long-distance trains operated by Deutsche Bahn (DB) last year. The reason for violence against employees was often the mask requirement, according to the union. "The fact that the mask requirement is now finally being dropped will hopefully lead to a reduction in violence, because rail employees will no longer have to deal with mask refusers." That is why the positions of the federal police must be increased," he told the RND newspapers on Monday. "We need this feeling of security, which is transported via cameras, in every train station in Germany," Burkert saidThe police union (GdP) proposed a station security strategy.

Source: The Munich Eye January 23, 2023 19:49 UTC