Floating ammunition in the Main and an unusual call for help from an UBER driver in February

The changeable weather in February ensured that the number of disturbances was largely at a low level this month. The fifth calendar week was the quietest week of February with only twelve reported cases. In the other weeks, the number was between 14 and 22.

Due to the cold and wet temperatures in February, fewer reports of helpless people were received. In February, there were between seven and 15, most of which were sick, demented or confused people who needed medical assistance.

In the third week of February, a man was about to cut his carotid artery with a broken beer bottle. He was taken to a psychiatric clinic with minor cuts. The man had already been admitted there in the past. The very next day, after his release, he attracted attention again. He threatened and insulted passers-by while heavily intoxicated, so that this time he was taken into police custody to sober up. In the same week, he also had to spend another night in police custody due to drunkenness and his behavior. The man also repeatedly attracted attention the following week.

The traffic police carried out speed checks at up to 46 locations per week and initiated between 109 and 285 proceedings for exceeding the speed limit.

There were a particularly high number of warnings for parking offences and other traffic violations in the first week of February, with 4,237. There were between 28 and 36 significant traffic obstructions per week. These include, for example, blocked driveways, parking spaces for the severely disabled and temporary stopping bans.

In February, 151 vehicles were registered for de-stamping at the Offenbach registration office. Between 19 and 29 vehicles were towed away in February, all others received an expensive warning.

February was an eventful month for the city police, with numerous deployments and unusual situations.

In the first week of February, a man came to the city police and reported that he had been robbed at gunpoint in Frankfurt in the evening. After initial questioning and the initiation of a manhunt for the three perpetrators, the police handed him over to the state police to file a report.

A recently operated patient left a clinic unnoticed, although he was still under the influence of general anesthesia. As his life was in acute danger, the doctors treating him asked for a manhunt. The city police finally found him at his home address and brought him back to the clinic.

In the second week of February, the OVB control center reported a young man wielding a knife and threatening passengers on a bus. A patrol evacuated the bus within a few minutes. Only the man named by the driver remained seated. When the emergency services approached him, he suddenly reached into his jacket pocket. Before the man could pull out the knife, the emergency services brought him to the ground and restrained him. The heavily intoxicated man was unable to explain his behavior. The city police confiscated the prohibited one-handed knife. A general ban on knives in public transport vehicles has been in force since the beginning of the year.

A car driver who was stopped for violating the ban on driving through the Goethering reacted aggressively and could not be calmed down even by repeated coaxing from the city police. Suddenly he attacked a member of the city police and put him in a headlock. Using pepper spray and physical force, the police managed to free the assailant and restrain the driver. A friend of the driver tried to free him, which is why the emergency services had to intervene again. The situation only calmed down when reinforcements arrived. In addition to the administrative offense, there are now several criminal charges for resisting law enforcement officers and attempting to free a prisoner.

The third week in February was also eventful: a suspected car race in Rhönstraße turned out to be a call for help from an UBER driver. The man claimed to have deliberately provoked a stop - unnoticed by his passengers. The reason: the passengers were behaving aggressively towards him and were handling drugs. As the patrol also detected the smell of cannabis, the city police officers called in a second patrol. The passengers are already known for drug offenses and unauthorized possession of weapons. When the city police searched the passengers, the officers found a packet of cannabis and a bag of cocaine.

An e-scooter driver who overtook a patrol at around 40 kilometers per hour and also disregarded a red light also caused astonishment this month. The man admitted that he had manipulated the electronics on his scooter to make it go faster. Now he is probably on foot for the time being - his scooter ended up at the police station for a technical inspection. At this point, the city police would like to point out that the blue insurance stickers for e-scooters and scooters have been invalid since March 1, 2025. They must be replaced by green stickers. Anyone driving without a valid sticker is committing an offense.

In the same week, a man appeared at the police station and stated that he had been attacked in a bar. In the bar itself, it turned out that the man had previously caused trouble himself. The man had urinated in the bar and behaved aggressively towards guests and staff, which is why he had to leave the premises. When the patrol asked him for his identity papers, he wanted to look for them in his car. Meanwhile, the man's sister and father emerged. The alleged troublemaker sat in the driver's seat of his car, started the engine and repeatedly ignored the city police's request to turn it off. The patrol had to use force to get him out of the vehicle and restrain him. The family members present initially interfered with the measure, but calmed down and explained that the man was suffering from schizophrenia and was in an exceptional mental state. As the man still did not calm down, he was admitted to a psychiatric ward.

In the fourth week of February, there was a violent assault in an apartment in which a man injured his relatives. The man could only be brought under control through the joint efforts of the city and state police. The police seized a baton and a pepper spray. The man was taken to hospital due to his mental state.

In addition, an alert citizen reported a large quantity of live ammunition in the River Main this week. Together with the water police, this was recovered from a depth of around 70 to 100 centimetres.

An unattended rucksack that had been left hidden in the garbage collection bins in front of the town hall also caused a high level of alarm. In consultation with the state police, the town hall was evacuated. An explosives detection dog was finally able to give the all-clear - the rucksack only contained suspected stolen goods.

The municipal police also had to carry out residence investigations several times a week in February. This primarily involves checking on cohabiting couples and cases in which urgent official mail could not be delivered due to missing letterboxes or doorbells.