'Violence Cologne by shortage of officers'

- According to the German police union had the events of old and new in Cologne not need to escalate as the police had received support from colleagues. However, that colleagues had to keep an eye on the refugee crisis. Two hundred police officers from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which includes Cologne belongs in Bavaria to guard the border.

The night had gone very differently if they had their counterparts in Cologne assisted , according to Ernst Walter of the union against the newspaper Rheinischen Post. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann contradicts this. In addition, the refugee problem according to him is very important. Several police stations in North Rhine-Westphalia are understaffed, but according to Herrmann is the large presence of agents at the border justified .

The events in Cologne costing police chief Wolfgang Albers Friday the head. He was sent into early retirement. The sixty police received much criticism in recent days after the events in his city around the turn. 170 women were hitherto declaration because of assaults and robberies during new years in Cologne. According to Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière Albers, the situation would not have properly assessed.