50% more police in safety vest on New Year's Eve

Hamburg Police has drawn up a security policy against sexual assaults for the year - the last New Year's Eve will not be repeated.

530 officials in reflective vest will be on New Year's Eve. This was announced by Hamburg police on Friday. New Year's Eve, the police will thus increase their presence on St. Pauli by 50 percent compared to last year. During the year 2015/2016, there had been 350 civil servants, to the number of civilian forces would tripled.

In the last Silver Star night it had come to Hamburg to mass sexual assaults on young women. In the crowd of revelers to the prosecution of more than 400 women were molested, groped and robbed by men.

This time, the police will be clearly visible. The uniformed officers to wear all yellow reflective safety vests imprinted with "police". In the field of jeweler road, branching from the Grosse Freshet, the police want to install a so-called Power moon with which the road is illuminated. Am Jung fern more light poles are erected to brighten the Alter quay.

On Beatles Plats, a mobile station with three officers will serve as a focal point. This area will also monitors with stationary video cameras, said police spokesman Ulf. Should the crowd there or come elsewhere to dangerous situations, the police will also use mobile cameras and Body cams. Fences were ready to limit access to the Grosse Freshet. Also, the influx of visitors to the jetties can be regulated in this way.

Both on the Elbe and the Alter, the river police will keep the action from boats in the eye. The Federal Police will point to the S-Bah stations presence. With the club owners on St. Pauli and the security services recommendations had already been discussed, it said. The social media team wants to inform the public about Twitter on the use. In a flyer calls the police on party guests, arrange their behavior in large crowds before with wearing a reflective clothing.

The Concepts geared reported to the recommendations of a federal-state group, which began its work as a result of past events Silvestre.