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Czech, German police officers practice new border cooperation, communication

Xinhua, October 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Czech and German police officers took part in a two-day cooperation and communication training which started on Wednesday at the countries' border in Mnisek, the Czech Republic.

The aim of the mock demonstration is to test a new agreement on police cooperation between the two countries.

The agreement between police of both countries took effect on Oct. 1, 2016.

Czech deputy interior minister Jiri Novacek said it "enables better cooperation between the two police corps in dealing with both petty crime and serious crime, such as drug smuggling and terrorism."

The agreement allows for police to quickly intervene in the territory of the neighboring state without the prior consent of the other party in the event of an emergency, such as an immediate threat to life.

It also allows police to use a weapon in the other country's territory, something which is not only limited to cases of extreme emergency or necessary defense.

Czech Police president Tomas Tuhy said the new agreement allows an extension of the detention of a person from six to 12 hours. The interior minister can also introduce measures for a short-term border closure and border controls.

Jurgen Schubert, vice president of the German police, said they were mainly training communication between the two countries' police corps.

According to him, the quick exchange of information and its assessment was the most important in dealing with cross-border crime.

On Thursday, the police will practice chasing drivers across the border, which happens very often in reality.

Under the new agreement, the Czech police and customs officers and their dogs can help chase people and search targets on German territory. The Czech police can also escort a dangerous perpetrator across German territory to be handed over to the Czech Republic and vice versa.

The two-day exercise involves more than 600 police officers. Similar cross-border exercises will be held in the near future wherein the police will train for a terrorist threat at the border. Endit