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UEFA EURO 2024
in North Rhine-Westphalia
UEFA EURO 2024
The 17th UEFA EURO 2024 will take place in Germany from June 14 to July 14, 2024. Germany last hosted the European Football Championship in 1988 and is now once again hosting this 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship. Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund, Cologne and Düsseldorf are four of a total of t...
In an emergency
  

Always dial 110 in an emergency!

Emergency call 110, emergency fax for people with speech and hearing impairments and emergency call app

nora - the official emergency call app of the federal states

With the app, you can reach the police, fire department and rescue service quickly and easily in an emergency. Everywhere in Germany.
Police Station Finder
  
Find your nearest police station here
If an interpreter is required, please contact the relevant police station directly.
Crime prevention
  

Generative artificial intelligence - unfortunately also a superpower for cyber criminals

Protect yourself from cyber criminals who are now using even more perfidious methods to defraud people thanks to learning AI and data theft.

Racism on the net: When words endanger people and democracy

Racism has many facets. Hate speech is one of them. It often clearly oversteps the boundaries of freedom of expression. But the internet is not a legal vacuum.
Crime prevention
  
Police NRW force strengthens and modernizes its crime prevention activities
Interior Minister Herbert Reul opened the first Police NRW Digital Advice and Prevention Center in Cologne on Monday, 4 March 2024.
Traffic accident prevention
  

New specialist transport strategy - same goal, new path - #Leben

In their daily efforts to combat death and serious injuries on the roads, the police in North Rhine-Westphalia are realigning their strategy for greater safety on the roads, cycle paths and freeways at the start of 2024.

Road accident statistics 2023: Fewer serious injuries, more pedestrians killed, drugs in road traffic remain a problem

Interior Minister Herbert Reul: If common sense falls by the wayside, death is a passenger
Campaign
"NRW shows respect!"
Coffee with a cop - The police invite you
With a vintage truck, the police in NRW invite you to a coffee and conversation in a relaxed atmosphere.
STREIFE
The NRW police magazine
Streife - The NRW police magazine
The magazine of the North Rhine-Westphalian police has been published by the Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia since 1962.
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In urgent cases: Police emergency number 110