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Cologne Police Call 11/11 Carnival Kickoff Largely Smooth After 1,000-Officer Operation

Police plan to publish a consolidated crime report on November 18 following a preliminary, mostly positive assessment.

Overview

  • Access to Zülpicher Straße and Heumarkt was closed by late morning due to overcrowding.
  • Officers conducted more than 450 person checks, issued over 70 dispersal orders, and detained 11 heavily intoxicated people.
  • Roughly 230 traffic stops identified over 50 impaired e-scooter or car drivers, led to 17 blood draws, and resulted in at least six license seizures.
  • Investigations address assaults and injuries, including a 17-year-old struck by a bottle, a 23-year-old hospitalized, and two youths hurt on Mozartstraße.
  • Additional cases include seized replica weapons, a woman probed for wearing a real police uniform, a man detained for public sexual misconduct, and a life-threatening medical emergency.