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1,500 policemen will preserve order during the football match between Ukraine and England to be held on Saturday, October 10, 2009, at the Dnipro Arena stadium in Dnipropetrovsk, the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dnipropetrovsk region said.

1,500 policemen will preserve order during the football match between Ukraine and England to be held on Saturday, October 10, 2009, at the Dnipro Arena stadium in Dnipropetrovsk, the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dnipropetrovsk region said.

Among them there are 500 officers of the Dnipropetrovsk city special police unit, the statement said.

The Dnipropetrovsk police have tightened security in the city since October 9.

Fifteen patrol inspectors will be on a duty from 8:00 a.m. October 9 to 8:00 a.m. October 11 in the downtown.

In addition, 32 interpreters will be on a twenty-four-hour day in the city police directorate.

As Ukrainian News reported, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) proposes to test Ukrainian system for security and legal order of football matches in the football match between Ukraine and England.