Police in front of the Prinzenbad. ID checks took place, but some guests came into the bathroom without being checked. Apparently there was no registration. It looked similar in other outdoor pools. The opinion of BZ editor Hildburg Bruns Photo: Ralf Gunther
From Hildburg Bruns
It’s a good thing that Berlin’s interior senator, Spranger, and governor Wegner have come up with a concept against bathing rampage.
But, gluck, gluck – why do the ideas drown again when they are implemented by the bathing establishments?
Where, please, have ID cards been stringently checked since Saturday? Not even at the entrance to the well-known problem splashing.
And how are possible house bans enforced if there is no registration? Either the plans did not pass the practical test or the pool operators failed to implement them quickly.
Nobody explained that at the weekend – everyone went underground, cell phones off.
Instead, a surprising number of police officers patrolled the edges of the pool. I had understood that there should be no uniformed lifeguards, this is a matter for security companies. Now yes?