Rainer Wendt

Rainer Wendt (born 29 November 1956 in Duisburg) is a German former policeman (Schutzpolizei).

Left-of-center daily tagezeitung characterized Wendt as an effective populist notorious for law and order catchphrases.

In 2017 a TV report uncovered how Wendt had been violating the law by accepting two simultaneous salaries, and not declaring additional jobs.

[4] In the wake of the Amberg incident of December 2018 where four drunk asylum seekers had randomly beaten up passers-by, Wendt asked the Federal government to "take a stand" on that case.

[5] In 2019, Saxony-Anhalt's Minister of the Interior wanted to appoint Wendt as state secretary but withdrew the nomination after a public outcry.