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The head of the British police contingent at Euro 2012 has admitted his Ukrainian counterparts will be able to do little if large groups of supporters start racist chanting at games.
Assistant chief constable Andy Holt instead advised local police to target troublemakers before the trouble gets out of hand.
He said: "If individuals engage in inappropriate disgusting racist behaviour and there are lots of them, the reality is there's not much you can do on the day.
"You might be able to take CCTV footage and decide to prosecute after the event. But if you've got a football stadium with lots and lots of people engaging in criminal behaviour, then it is very difficult in the heat of the moment to try and do something and do it safely and appropriately."
"One of the things that we've been advising is if you've spotted individuals doing something inappropriate that you tackle that very quickly and swiftly and make an example.
"If people think, 'oh my goodness, that guy made a chant, made a gesture, threw something – maybe a banana on the pitch or something – and look he's now heading to the cells', in my experience that's always a deterrent.
"But you need to do that when you can, rather than when there's 3,000 doing it."
A total of 18 British officers have been deployed in Ukraine and six in Poland, under the leadership of the Association of Chief Police Officers, to help up to 8,000 local armed police deal with fans who break the law.
England start their campaign against France on Monday but police fear the biggest threat of danger will come when they play hosts Ukraine in Donetsk on 19 June.
Mr Holt said: "A home nation with lots of support, and potentially something riding on it: it could be an edgy fixture.
"There's a whole range of things that could conspire together to make that last game the most difficult of the first three games and we are obviously acutely aware of that." Read More
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