“ Stasi officers knew no limits and had no shame, ” says John Koehler in his book Stasi. “ Churchmen, including high officials of both Protestant and Catholic denominations, were recruited en masse as secret informers.
लोकसेवेची त्यांची प्रतिमा अधिक प्रकाशात आणण्याकरता बऱ्‍याच पोलिस दलांनी त्यांच्या व्यवसायातील समाजसेवेशी संबंधित पैलूंवर भर देण्याचा प्रयत्न केला आहे.