Sziget Budapest: French, German, Dutch Police on Duty at Festival
- 7 Aug 2025 8:24 AM
French, German and Dutch police officers will work alongside Hungarian peers at the Sziget Festival held between August 6 and 11, the Budapest police headquarters (BRFK) said.
BRFK spokesman Soma Csecsi said foreign officers will work alongside uniformed Hungarian policemen to aid communication and act as a point of contact with the Hungarian police. Foreign officers will have no mandate to take measures on their own.
Uniformed policemen will assist maintain public safety as well as aid and direct traffic, Csecsi said. Besides them, BRFK will also have plain-clothes officers on site to prevent and break up criminal activities, and to take measures if necessary, Csecsi said.
Uniformed policemen will mostly patrol during daytime, Csecsi said. Victims will have to report the crimes committed at the 3rd district police station, he added.
BRFK is also cooperating with the civil guard and various bodies of the 3rd district municipality, the spokesman said.
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