These police officers in Denmark are tackling crime by playing online games with kids

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These police officers in Denmark are tackling crime by playing online games with kids  The team was set up in 2022 to tackle the rise in online crime in Denmark. The Politiets Online Patrulje now boasts over  787,000 followers across platforms.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/03/these-police-officers-in-denmark-are-tackling-crime-by-playing-online-games-with-kids  Euronews Next is a future-focused news section covering global innovation, science and technology with a European perspective. Our dedicated team of journalists aims to educate and inspire today’s leaders by providing them with analysis and insights into the people and organisations shaping our future

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00:00How do you do it?

00:02How do you do it?

00:04How do you do it?

00:06How do you do it?

00:08How do you do it?

00:10How do you do it?

00:12How do you do it?

00:14How do you do it?

00:16There's nothing wrong in playing computer games.

00:18And we love it too.

00:20So it's just, you know,

00:22a cool way to meet the police.

00:24Like playing football.

00:26You know, the local police will play football

00:28in the street when they have time for it.

00:34It was needed because

00:36we saw that a lot of the children

00:38is actually there online

00:40most of the time.

00:4299% of the kids

00:44in Denmark

00:46are using ShowMe

00:48or gaming platforms

00:50on a daily basis.

00:52So we have to be present there as well.

00:58How would you reach an online Discord server for Minecraft players?

01:12If you're a street officer,

01:14you don't come into people's homes,

01:16you don't come into the kids' bedrooms

01:18and join them on the PC.

01:20We kind of need an angle

01:22on how can we join these young people?

01:24How can we reach these young people?

01:26How can they reach us in a way that they feel safe?

01:28We were contacted by a Discord server moderator,

01:36who was concerned

01:38because he saw that one of the users

01:40on this Discord server

01:42seemed to have slightly negative

01:44or not healthy communication

01:46with other members of the server,

01:48a lot of conversations

01:50and a lot of investigations.

01:51We actually more or less

01:52managed to identify

01:53very active groomers

01:54who were grooming young children

01:55and recruiting them

01:56or finding them

01:57on these social medias

01:59and Discord servers.

02:10We put a face on a police officer

02:12because the youth don't see the police

02:14a lot of times

02:16when they're growing up.

02:18So we create relations with the youth

02:20and that's necessary.

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