For a few days policemen-cyclists patrol the streets of Rethymno. They speak foreign languages, serve visitors, and also intervene in mild cases of delinquency. It is mild, visible policing that contributes to the tourist development of the area, as the police director of Rethymno, Antonis Routzakis, stressed at a press conference.

The Hellenic Police has launched its tourist police Visitors' Help Office in Athens, completing a plan initiated by the previous leadership of the civil protection ministry, in collaboration with the Greek hoteliers' chamber.