Horst Herold

Horst Herold
President of the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany
In office
1971 – March 1981
Preceded by Paul Dickopf
Succeeded by Heinrich Boge
Personal details
Born (1923-10-21) 21 October 1923
Sonneberg, Germany
Nationality German
Profession Police Officer

Horst Herold is a German police officer. He was the President of the Federal Criminal Police of Germany from 1971 to 1981. Under his leadership, the method for the systematic manhunt of Red Army Faction terrorists, called Rasterfahndung (dragnet), was introduced. [1][2][3][4] He was the author of several essays on policing.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Gefangen in der Vergangenheit". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). 2007-09-22. ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  2. ↑ Prantl, Heribert (2017-09-03). "Der letzte Gefangene der RAF ist geflüchtet". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  3. ↑ Cowen, Deborah; Gilbert, Emily (2008-03-25). War, Citizenship, Territory. Routledge. ISBN 9781135917227.
  4. ↑ Schmid, Alex P. (2011-02-25). The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136810404.
  5. ↑ Hanshew, Karrin (2012-08-20). Terror and Democracy in West Germany. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139560771.
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