Citizens complained of areas police would not help in

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.

Sign up fornow and never miss the top politics stories again.

Locals in the City’s Altenessen district brought begged officials to help, with one telling the City’s Mayor and the chief of police "I was born here and I do not feel safe anymore.”

But the officials shot down the claims of concerned locals, with Police Chief Frank Richter saying “I’m sick of it.”

The City’s Lord Mayor Thomas Kufen also knocked down the claims of his constituents, saying “Altenessen is not a no-go area, the people here are just angry”.

Others told horror stories of drug related crime and brawls, claiming police refused to respond in time to offer assistance to law abiding citizens.