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However, Basel’s security director Kathrin Schweizer wants to regulate internal processes more clearly. The Basel government announced Tuesday that no instructions or laws had been violated. The police officer responsible for the case was forced to clarify the matter and the alleged euro notes were rightly recognized as counterfeit money. Zurich law professor emeritus and former district attorney Andreas Donatsch had put the case under the microscope.
Donatsch also concluded in his investigation that the three photographs of the boy, which had caused public outrage, were “provided for the purpose of clear identification” and were within the permissible discretion of the police officer.
Youth service must be responsible
According to the statement, Responsible Security Director Kathrin Schweizer (SP) attaches importance to the fact that, going forward, incidents involving minors relevant to the police are always dealt with in consultation with the police youth service, the attorney for minors and security police. The youth service should be responsible for managing the case. The well-being of the child must be in the foreground, as communication also says.
According to a report by the “Basler Zeitung”, the case sparked heated discussions in the Basel district administrator and made headlines in newspapers around the world. It was about an eight-year-old boy who reportedly asked a cashier at a Volg branch in late April if he could pay with play money. The cashier called the police, who then photographed the boy with identification services.
Meanwhile, after being exposed to a quick shit storm, Security Director Schweizer apologized for taking photos of the boy at the family home and in June commissioned an outside investigation into the police operation.
According to the communication on the protection of personal rights and in consultation with the family, the investigation report will not be published.
