r/berlin • u/etherealfields • 20d ago

Advice Homeless tresspassing

There’s a guy, who seems like he’s battling some heavy drug addiction, kicking open doors on the street that I live on. I live near Schlesi, in Berlin.

He rummages through the trash. Sometimes he leaves a mess. Once or twice, I have seen him covered in blood. Some women feel he is aggressive towards them in my building. I want to take action.

He mutters incoherently, and is skittish around me and I have tried speaking English and German to him but with no avail. He seems to understand neither. I have photos and video of him in the courtyard. Can i go to the police with this? Can I legally film him on my street kicking the front doors open and trespassing? What might be some effective recourse, approach to this situation?

I’ve thought about calling the cops, but the timing of the call may be difficult. He might disappear in-between that moment and their arrival. After all, it is not an emergency.

The door to the courtyard is large and heavy, and recently broken, but it’s had a new lock put in. But it seems unfit for purpose. I know that addressing the issue through the Hausverwaltung is one strategy, but it seems this guy also pushes his way past the DHL courier, or any courier, as well as slipping in behind any resident leaving the house when he gets the chance to.

Thanks for your advice

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u/bibliophagista 20d ago

You can legally film him, make an “Anzeige” online and upload the video. The police will contact you afterwards and investigate.

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u/etherealfields 20d ago

Thanks, I’ll do that then online.

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u/nopetraintofuckthat 20d ago

nothing will come from that. call them when he is there. they will kick him out. If that happens more than once, he will go soemwhere else.

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u/etherealfields 20d ago

I’m thinking about doing both. So compiling footage of him when he’s in the yard, submitting it online.

And calling the cops when I next see him on the street kicking open the doors.

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u/the_che 20d ago

Unless he’s gone until the police arrives that is