Cologne to have 10 times more police for New Year's Eve party - Polidicks

[quote=Local.de]City officials plan to have more than ten times the number of officers that they did last year on patrol for the upcoming New Year's Eve celebration, hoping to prevent the spate of crimes committed last year. Cologne officials on Monday released details of their security plan for the upcoming 2017 New Year’s festivities, including having a much larger force of police officers on patrol. This year around 1,500 officers will be deployed, which is more than ten times the amount who were supposed to be on duty last year. There will also be 600 public order officers and “significantly more” private security workers, a city spokeswoman said without giving an exact number. After more than 1,000 women reported being robbed or sexually assaulted or both on New Year’s Eve 2016, Cologne police came under fire for their handling of the events, accused of covering up the refugee background of attackers as well as the details of the attacks, and not providing sufficient security. Cologne's police chief was suspended from his position after the mayor said police had failed to inform her fully of the sexual assaults. This year the main area where the celebrations and assaults occurred - between the famous Cologne Cathedral and the main train station - will have extra security. The area around the cathedral will be blocked off with control points and no fireworks will be allowed within this area. The area around the train station will have more video surveillance. Within the station, trains will be scheduled to reduce the amount of people having to change platforms so often, with the aim of reducing some travel chaos. Police said they will also be monitoring social media like Twitter and Facebook for topics related to New Year’s Eve. “We want above all to know what the atmosphere is like,” a police spokesman said.[/quote] [url]http://www.thelocal.de/20161212/cologne-to-have-10-times-more-officers-for-new-years-eve-celebrations[/url] [url]http://www.dw.com/en/cologne-police-to-deploy-1500-on-new-year-to-prevent-sex-attacks-theft/a-36735806[/url]

Well that's good that they've learned and want to improve. You should never plug up your ears and insist there isn't a problem worth addressing.

That'll teach those parasites Edit: really? No other colon puns of any kind?

even 10 times sounds like not enough the video footage from cologne was shocking with how understaffed police were to handle such crowds. They were almost entirely impotent.

fuck, i guess that that really did happen almost a year ago

[QUOTE=Dave_Parker;51534819]It will no doubt help get the number of incidents down. But at what price? Large numbers of security personnel and cameras shouldn't have to be a part of.[/QUOTE] Neither should raping and plundering mobs of scum

I hope not one of them has to do anything more than enjoy the night

I hope nothing bad happens.