Avoid men, German police association chief tells women
Key takeaways
- Police association chief Dirk Peglow has stirred debate with his advice to women to avoid relationships with men for safety's sake.
- https://p.dw.com/p/5Cd UAViolence against women is on the increase in Germany Image: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement.
- Dirk Peglow, the head of the Federal Association of German Detectives (BDK), made the comment Monday while speaking about the latest criminal statistics in Germany, which show a high rate of violence against women.
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Police association chief Dirk Peglow has stirred debate with his advice to women to avoid relationships with men for safety's sake. But his provocative tip is not without reason, as statistics show.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Cd UAViolence against women is on the increase in Germany Image: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/picture alliance Advertisement. A heated debate has broken out in Germany over a remark by the head of a police association who said in a TV interview that women should better "not get into a relationship with a man."
Dirk Peglow, the head of the Federal Association of German Detectives (BDK), made the comment Monday while speaking about the latest criminal statistics in Germany, which show a high rate of violence against women.