No Departments will be left short because of World Cup plans, says Norfolk Police
More officers will be out and about in local town and city centres now the tournament is underway
Norfolk Police have told us that no extra resources will be diverted from other departments, as part of their security plans during the World Cup.
As the controversial football tournament gets underway in Qatar, more officers will be out and about in local town and city centres.
While they'll also be a 'drink and drug driving' campaign launched by the service to clamp down on this offence.
"People will see more uniformed resources out and about"
David Cutler is leading Norfolk Police's preparations for all of this.
"We know it's going to be busy, and that people are going to support England, Wales and other countries that have large followings in our community. With any big event our planning kicks in. We have identified those matches which we think we need to put more resources into. So, people will see more uniformed resources out and about".
"There's lot of talk and prominent footballers coming out talking about the need for respect and dignity, linking it to the football in Qatar. We will see this in our county. We want people to behave themselves, we want people to respect, enjoy the cultural diversity that comes from a tournament like this".
"We have had the chance to plan"
He says they're making a special effort to clamp down on 'drink driving':
"We know that drink-driving goes up because of Christmas parties, the tournament falls right on the Christmas period, so with the combination of the two we will be out and about patrolling. We will be taking appropriate action against those who are caught. People know that drink-driving is unacceptable, there's no excuse for it".
"Because we have had the chance to plan, because we know the tournament has been coming for a while, we have been able to plan our resources in terms of when we need them and where we need them. We've done this without the need to take anything away from the business of day-to-day policing".