Grauwinkel has now been in the police service for 34 years, including 18 years with the Hamm police force.

After training in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock, he worked as a security guard in Bonn and Dortmund. In 1997, he completed his promotion to the higher service and was then transferred to the Warendorf district police authority. Here, he took on his first managerial responsibilities as a watch commander in Ahlen and duty group leader in Beckum.

Before moving to Polizeipräsidium Hamm in 2002, Grauwinkel worked for two years as a management and control officer at the district government in Münster.

In Hamm, he has held various management positions in the control center, the press office and most recently in the management staff. Since 2020, he has also been the authority's extremism officer.

In the meantime, he moved to Gelsenkirchen police headquarters for two years as head of the press office and deputy head of the command staff. However, he returned to Hamm police in 2020.

In his new position, he is now responsible for five security service groups, the officers of the district service in six districts as well as for the custody service and task force.

Born in East Westphalia, he has lived in Hamm since 1996, is married and has a daughter and two sons. His hobbies include traveling and water sports.

As a regional representative, the new head of security has another important role to play: as a contact and link to local political, social and economic leaders, he wants to make his contribution to security in Hamm. In the coming weeks, he wants to talk to them in the individual districts.

"I am looking forward to getting in touch with the people in the city. It is important to me that we always have an open ear for their needs, concerns and demands," explains Grauwinkel. "But it's just as important to me that the people of Hamm respect and appreciate the work of my colleagues. After all, they are on duty for everyone around the clock and want to arrive home healthy and unharmed at the end of their shift."

Polizeipräsident Thomas Kubera and the Head of the Hazard Prevention/Employment Directorate, Police Director Jörg Heun, welcomed Christopher Grauwinkel to his new position and wished him every success in his new role.