Key legal question
Whether the appellant had standing to bring a criminal appeal under Art. 81 BGG as a private complainant.
Extracted holding
He lacked standing because the challenged dismissal could affect only potential public-law liability claims, not civil claims in the sense of Art. 81 BGG.
Extracted reasoning
Claims against municipal employees were excluded as civil claims; public-law/state-liability claims are not actionable adhäsionsweise in criminal proceedings. He also did not claim impairment of his right to file a criminal complaint, and he did not invoke Star-Praxis procedural rights.