Martin Červíček becomes Prague police chief

Martin Červíček, the former head of the country’s traffic police, was appointed head of the Prague police on Wednesday, replacing Petr Želasko who was assigned to a different position in view of his upcoming retirement. The change of guard was made at the instigation of the Czech Police President Oldřich Martinu. Mr. Želasko has been assigned to deal with new police tasks stemming from the Czech Republic’s EU presidency in the first half of 2009.