fri 29 jan 2016, 14:23

Cologne put 2500 police officers with carnival in

COLOGNE –

The police in Cologne takes no half measures now Thursday with the so-called Weiberfastnacht, carnival in the city starts. She brings 2500 police officers on the streets, where last year only 750 were.

Through the deployment of huge manpower, the authorities want the avoid again incidents play such as during the turn of the year, when in Cologne many women were harassed and robbed by a large mannenmenigte at the station.

The German city will get the help of corps from outside North Rhine-Westphalia, because in that state almost everywhere carnival is celebrated.

In Cologne and Düsseldorf will send the federal police Friday her people the stations with so-called bodycams, video equipment on the uniform of the agent and that the environment is being filmed. The federal police are considering the camera to the standard equipment of the agent.