A new wind in the police: Jacqueline Schröder is now in charge of Ludwigshafen!

A new wind in the police: Jacqueline Schröder is now in charge of Ludwigshafen!

A significant personnel change is imminent: Jacqueline Schröder will be the new head of the Ludwigshafen Police Department. She succeeds Uwe Giertzsch, who is retiring. The change will be celebrated with an official handover next Thursday in Speyer. With this step, the Rhineland-Palatinate police are providing a breath of fresh air at the top, which is particularly important in times of growing security challenges. The Ludwigshafen Police Department is responsible for a total of three independent cities as well as the Rhine-Palatinate district and is therefore responsible for around 430,000 residents.

Jacqueline Schröder previously completed a successful career as head of the Pirmasen police station and brings valuable experience to her new role. Her predecessor Uwe Giertzsch started working for the Rhineland-Palatinate police in 1981 and eventually took over the management of the Ludwigshafen 1 police station before taking over the police department. During his time as director, he made a significant contribution to security and order in the region. He was also recognized at his farewell by Police Chief Georg Litz, who thanked him for his valuable work.

New wind at the top

With Jacqueline Schröder, the police department and the departments below it, which include the Ludwigshafen, Speyer, Frankenthal and Schifferstadt police stations, will have an experienced leadership. The challenges of recent years, including rising crime and new security issues, required strong leadership. The Ludwigshafen Police Department was recently reorganized and the focus is now on close cooperation with the population. Police Chief Georg Litz shows great trust in Schröder and is sure that she can continue to strengthen security in the region in the future with a good hand.

In this context, Marco Weißgerber is also officially introduced as the new head of the Ludwigshafen 1 police station and deputy head of the Ludwigshafen police department. He begins his new task with a solid background of experience, which led him, among other things, to the Police University in Rhineland-Palatinate. The police station's service area extends across large parts of the city of Ludwigshafen, including the districts of Mitte, Süd, Mundenheim and Gartenstadt.

The tasks of the police department

The Ludwigshafen Police Department comprises a complex service district that covers not only the city of Ludwigshafen but also the cities of Frankenthal and Speyer as well as the Rhine-Palatinate district. In total, law enforcement officers in the region are responsible for more than 900,000 people and are actively working to improve the security situation through preventative measures and close citizen contacts, which are essential for trusting cooperation. The approximately 2,200 employees deployed there are an important foundation on which police work is built. Economic priorities in the region, such as the chemical industry and viticulture, also require specific security concepts that the police continually develop and implement.

In view of these changes and the challenge ahead, the new management under Jacqueline Schröder will consistently pursue its agenda to strengthen security in Ludwigshafen and the surrounding area. The change at the top couldn't be more appropriate in this dynamic time in which the issues of security and order are in the foreground for many citizens.

The view into the future is therefore optimistic, and it will be interesting to see what new impulses the police department will provide in the region. Proximity to the population and expanded cooperation will certainly be the focus, which will benefit trust in the institution.

More information about the Ludwigshafen Police Department can be found on the website Rhine Palatinate, des Press portals and des Rhineland-Palatinate Police Headquarters.