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Participants Contribute Police Officers To Help Russian Authorities

The World Cup opened its Int'l Police Cooperation Center in Moscow on Tuesday.GETTY IMAGES

As World Cup squads and their fans fly into Russia for the start of the tournament on Thursday, "so do police officers from all the competing nations to help deter hooliganism and the threat of any militant attack," according to Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber of REUTERS. The country "deployed thousands of police to the 11 host cities to deal with an influx" of "potentially rowdy" football fans and other security threats. But "they will not be alone." Regardless of "any political differences with Moscow," the 32 participating countries have sent officers to help Russian police "spot troublemakers and prevent fans from having run-ins with the local authorities." Housed in an Interior Ministry training facility outside Moscow, the police cooperation center bringing them all together was inaugurated on Tuesday and hailed by its head, Colonel Roman Azyavin, as "a single family of international police forces." London Metropolitan Police Chief Inspector Joseph Stokoe said, "We take politics out of policing. We are here to ensure a safe and secure World Cup" (REUTERS, 6/12).

'VERY DANGEROUS': REUTERS' Denis Pinchuk reported police staffing "is so stretched in several Russian cities" that one union leader said that criminals "could benefit." Several police officers in cities across Russia said that their staff "were working long hours, patrols had been reduced and response times to incidents had slowed." Vladimir Vorontsov, who represents Russia’s 17,000-member Inter-regional Police Trade Union, said, "The situation is very dangerous. ... This could lead to grave consequences." There are about 900,000 police officers in Russia. It is unclear "how many are involved in World Cup security" (REUTERS, 6/11).

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