German police union warns of too few officers on New Year's Eve

NAMPA / DPA

2025-11-27

Berlin (dpa) - Exploding firecrackers, injuries and street unrest: Germany's Police Union (GdP) expects a turbulent New Year's Eve and is warning of too few officers to handle the scale of disturbances. "Police are already planning operations and personnel and they are despairing because there aren't enough officers," GdP chairman Jochen Kopelke told the Rheinische Post newspaper in comments published on Thursday. Kopelke said authorities were pr......

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