Friday, September 29, 2006

Special World Cup Courts

The South African Police are known to be tough and during the 2010 World Cup they'll be given support from special courts established just for the event.

"In the case of offences committed by visitors, these special courts will speedily resolve cases before their departure," said Police Assistant Commissioner Peter Mathogwame.

During the tournament it is expected that 350,000 extra people will visit the county and this would obviously place a great deal of pressure on the local resources.

The preperation is looking good with an estimated 160,000 local police being trained by foriegn forces with World Cup experience.

"The foreign police played a very important role in Germany (this year). Where there were unruly supporters, the police already had information on them (the culprits)," he said at a media briefing Wednesday.