KielPolice would learn of psychiatric patients’ release dates.
Greens lawmaker Jan Kürschner estimates the risk group at 50 to 70 people in the state.
Clinics notify the district, which tells local police the name, address and release date, not diagnoses, if it sees substantially increased risk.
The draft does not define the scientific assessment tool, and experts doubt any instrument can predict danger.
The state parliament now takes up the draft, after Hesse passed a version and 2 states drafted theirs.
How each outlet framed it
- netzpolitik.org leans critical
- explains that Schleswig-Holstein's bill routes releases through the district rather than direct clinic-to-police contact, and notes experts doubt the 'scientific instrument' can assess risk
Sources: netzpolitik.org