About 580 foreign police officers will be deployed in Germany for the European Football Championship, which starts on Friday.
The German Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that 350 officers from abroad will support the federal police in the fight against crime and hooligans, while another 230 officers will be deployed to the International Police Cooperation Center (IPCC) in Neuss in western Germany.
The officers come from all countries participating in the tournament. They will be deployed at railway stations, on trains, at airports and at borders. The emphasis is mainly on ‘de-escalation and communication’, the ministry statement said.
“We are arming ourselves against all conceivable dangers: from Islamist terror to violent offenders and hooligans,” said German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser.
“The federal police is facing the greatest deployment in its history.”
