Police Station of Dessau-Roßlau, Police station in Dessau-Roßlau, Germany.
The Police Station of Dessau-Roßlau occupies a listed building at Wolfgangstraße 25 and serves as a station of the Saxony-Anhalt police. Since 2020 it has belonged to the Dessau-Roßlau police inspection, before which it was under the police directorate of eastern Saxony-Anhalt. Its district covers the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau, an area of 244.75 km² with 79,555 residents.
The building originates from a period of municipal infrastructure development and was later protected as a historic monument due to its architectural importance. Today it serves as part of the modern state police system of Saxony-Anhalt.
The station's address in Wolfgangstraße 25 is a listed building. Since 2020 the station has belonged to the Polizeiinspektion Dessau-Roßlau, before that to the Polizeidirektion Sachsen-Anhalt Ost. It is responsible for the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau, an area of 244.75 km² with 79,555 inhabitants.
Visitors can reach the station during regular business hours or contact emergency services at 110 in case of urgent matters. The central location makes it easily accessible by public transport.
Cell 5 in the basement of the building is where Oury Jalloh died during a fire on 7 January 2005; a forensic report found a skull fracture and other injuries that predate his death. In November 2021 a British fire expert presented an assessment suggesting Jalloh had been doused with petrol and set alight in the cell.
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