BERLIN, GERMANY (AUGUST 11, 2016) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) // (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER, THOMAS DE MAIZIERE, SAYING: “Given the current situation, we are now looking at whether more personnel are needed beyond what was already planned for the federal police, the Office of Criminal Investigations and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. We are also looking at what is needed for those authorities that operate and safeguard the technology relevant to security. To this end we have already established contact with the finance ministry. I am aiming for additional personnel to the tune of four figures over several years.” // (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER, THOMAS DE MAIZIERE, SAYING: “Furthermore, we have been looking at the organisation of the security forces and we will continue to do so. I have decided that there will be a new police directorate for special forces so that in very serious, possible terror, situations, all necessary forces can be coordinated in one place and made available to the German states.” // (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER, THOMAS DE MAIZIERE, SAYING: “We need a technology offensive. We must technically arm our security authorities much better than we have up to now in terms of personnel and equipment. We are planning the deployment of undercover cyber investigators on the dark net. These will be specialised undercover investigators who will hone in on, for example, illegal weapons trading or the communication between terrorists.” // (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER, THOMAS DE MAIZIERE, SAYING: “In addition to the existing radicalisation advice centres, we will create somewhere for refugees to report things in their own language, for example changes in their housemates, whether psychological changes or tendencies to radicalisation. In this way refugees will be able to better dissociate themselves from violence and religious extremism.” // (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER, THOMAS DE MAIZIERE, SAYING: “I want to tighten the rules on the right of residency for foreigners who commit crimes or who constitute a risk to public safety in Germany. We want to introduce new grounds for holding somebody in custody, namely the threat to public safety, so that we can then make sure they leave the country. In the future, we want to see more use of custody pending deportation for criminal foreigners and those who pose a threat to public safety.”