A children’s booklet from Mitte explains to the kids that public order inspectors are not police officers. And the run on the small books is enormous.
Practice what should ensure order early on! The public order office in the middle is now explaining to children how to have cars towed away and shops checked! With its own edition of the popular Pixi books. Title: “Lotta and Amir ensure order”.
The reason for this complex measure: the employees of the public order office no longer want to be mistaken for police officers by children!
“They were also asked by their own children about the difference between the police and the public order office,” says district office spokesman Christian Zielke. No wonder: there are many children’s books about the police and fire brigade – the regulatory office is rarely a topic.
The public order office in Mitte has had 30,000 copies of the Pixi book printed together with Carlsen Verlag. The costs of 29,000 euros were financed solely from the income from the parking ticket!
The content of the story: Lotta and Amir want to organize a soap box race in the middle of Berlin. You have to report this to the regulatory office. And then there is a car on the race track…
District Councilor Almut Neumann hopes that some of the children will say to themselves later: “The regulatory office interests me, I would like to know more about it.”
All twelve district offices have now been supplied with the booklets – and they are a hit with parents and children alike!
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Spokesman Zielke: “We didn’t expect this rush. We are currently sending books all over Germany.”
Other regulatory agencies in Mönchengladbach (North Rhine-Westphalia) or Bad Dürkheim (Rhineland-Palatinate) have already asked about the Pixi.
And if it ever runs out?
Matthias Hoppe from Carlsen Verlag on BZ: “Sometimes the topics and content of the Pixi books are so special – then, after consultation with the customer, we decide that it can be published in stores.”
If you want one of the limited pixis, you can either ask the regulatory office directly or send an e-mail [email protected].