Cologne police put 2500 people in carnival

cologne - Police in Cologne assumes no half measures now Thursday the so-called Weiberfastnacht explodes the carnival in town. She brings 2500 police officers on the leg, whereas last year there were only 750.

By using the massive manpower, the authorities want to avoid any incidents to play again as during the New Year, then in Cologne, many women were harassed and robbed by a large male crowd at the station.

The German cathedral city gets help from forces outside of North Rhine-Westphalia, because in that state almost everywhere carnival is celebrated.

In Cologne and Dusseldorf sends the federal police stations on Friday its people with so-called body cams, video equipment that sits on the uniform of the policeman and that the environment is being filmed. The federal police are considering the camera as standard equipment by the agent.