Many more police on New Years Cologne

The German city of Cologne gets in the coming new year extra in more than a thousand police officers.

The incidents occurred in the square in front of the main station and the famous Duomo. The massive church is protected by fences this year, as shown by the plans for the new year which the city and the police presented Thursday.

In the center of town will not be a place 'where there no police officer is,' police announced. 'The coming new year is for all of us under a special character. 'Last year the police put 140 additional people for the celebration and that proved too little to prevent disturbances on the square.