Grand Ducal Police: Luxembourg police receives new equipment

Mobility, security, digitalization – police equipment is changing. “We have already equipped all police officers with cell phones. “New applications will be developed internally and made available to officers,” explains the Director General of the Police, Pascal Peters L'essentiel. The medium-term goal, for example, is “to enable the recording of warning fines and the inspection of certain databases,” he explains. Other mobile devices, such as tablets, could also expand the police arsenal.

There will be further innovations in the equipment: “A tender for new emergency vests and ballistic protection has been published. “We will now start the design work and all of this will be implemented over the next few years,” says Peters.

Tasers, as we know them from the USA, for example, will also be introduced in the future. “It will initially be reserved for a concept that we will introduce in a year or two,” said Peters. These will be patrols that receive special tactical training in order to be able to support other units in somewhat more sensitive operations. These patrols would then be equipped with a Taser. «This is a project. We are currently recruiting the staff, we need to train them and normally the teams will be ready for use in 2026.”

The big innovation of 2025 will be the introduction of body cameras. “They are expected to be issued to all police officers who work for an agency in mid-2025. “We are currently in the process of creating the structures to be able to charge it and store all the images,” says Peters. “As the law normally provides, they are activated automatically when you draw your firearm.” In other cases, it is at the discretion of the police officer whether it is a somewhat sensitive situation or the officer considers it necessary in a public space.

This measure would be well received by the police, said Peters. “Originally it was even police officers who demanded this. For example, a person's aggressiveness might be limited because they know they are being filmed. “If someone says, 'The police officer attacked me,' we now have evidence. That’s very objective.” Finally, the police have joined forces with other countries to start projects that use artificial intelligence. “We are currently in the process of developing pilot projects,” says Pascal Peters.