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Watch out, watch out, the police are rolling here!
In Pakistan officials on inline skates should soon make the metropolis of Karachi safer.
Above all, they are supposed to make life more difficult for pickpockets, who often use narrow streets to escape.
Ali Farrukh, Commander "Special Security Unit":
“We found that street criminals often use motorcycles to escape. Sometimes it's difficult for our patrol teams to keep up with the cars. "
The armed unit has been training for the mission since the end of last year.
At first there were concerns: Can the police safely use a firearm on inline skates?
Ali Farrukh, Commander "Special Security Unit":
“In some shopping areas we won't be armed at all, that depends on the threat. In other places we carry weapons, in traffic surveillance or wherever we deal with street crime. But always only pistols, no heavy rifles. "
The ground is not as suitable for roller skates everywhere in the city as it is here in the training center.
Therefore, the skating policemen should initially only be deployed where the road surface allows.
For example on the coastal promenade or at cricket games.
Aneela Aslam, Police Officer:
"That's just the beginning. But I have a feeling that training will help us contain crime. It will really help us. We get much faster into angles that we have not reached so far. "
And what if criminals just keep fleeing across the lawn in the future?
In any case, some of the twenty roller-skating policemen seem willing not to allow any obstacle to stop them.
