POLIZEIINSPEKTION MÜNCHEN 12

German television's police series of the 70s will be remembered for their typically easy-going fifty-something policemen with moustaches and crossed arms. But today's reality has little to do with yesterday's fiction! One of the popular series, "Isar 12, bitte kommen!", took place in the 12th district of Munich. In the 12^th district today you'd have a 20% chance of coming across not a policeman but a policewoman, on the beat. The police now are mostly in their thirties and 90% are not native of Munichbut come from all over Bavaria.

This contribution to the BR-Series "Menschen in Bayern" (People in Bavaria) focuses on four policemen and one policewoman and their daily routines at the police station or in the patrol car. They talk about their job, their motivations, their training, working with weapons, dealing with conflict, their encounters with people, the strains and prejudices and the way they see themselves.

Two programmes from the popular Saturday night series on BR "Menschen in Bayern" (People in Bavaria) that skilfully combine the form of the TV-feature and that of the artistic documentary.