EPICC - Euregio Police Information and Cooperation Centre

The Euregio Meuse-Rhine Police Cooperation Centre, also known as EPICC (Euregio Police Information & Cooperation Centre), is a joint centre dedicated to police cooperation in the border region.

Around thirty police officers from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, together with representatives of the Dutch judiciary, work closely together there. EPICC was founded in 2005 on the initiative of NeBeDeAgPol (Police Working Group in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine).

EPICC aims to strengthen cross-border cooperation between police services and to support the fight against cross-border crime. At the same time, the centre helps to prevent offences and contributes to public safety and order in the border region.

Tasks

Exchange of police information

EPICC enables a fast and direct exchange of information between the Belgian (local and federal), German and Dutch police services. Requests for information are generally answered within the shortest possible time.

All information exchanged is recorded in a common database to ensure compliance with national and international legislation and to allow quick access.

Support for cross-border operations

EPICC supports police services in preparing and coordinating cross-border operations. This includes in particular:

Cross-border surveillance and pursuits
Joint patrols and large-scale checks
Operational investigations
Coordinated measures at events affecting several countries

EPICC also supports coordination between the authorities concerned during major events such as sporting events, demonstrations, hostage-taking or disasters.

Cross-border crime analysis

EPICC collects and analyses police information from the border region. On this basis, the centre provides the police services concerned with relevant operational information and helps to identify and monitor cross-border security problems at an early stage.

The EGTC Euregio Meuse-Rhine is NOT responsible for the exchange of sensitive data and is not authorised to receive it. We kindly ask you NOT to send us any police data. For reasons of data protection, any such emails will be deleted unread.

Please use your police internal database to find EPICC contact details.

Any questions on this topic?

The Euregio Meuse-Rhine Office will direct you to the right contact person.