The Federal Police is the largest police force in Germany with about 45,000 employees. Next to the national scope of duties it carries out various international projects and is therefore globally connected and worldwide active. Daily thousands of German Police Officers are involved in various international and intercultural situations. These international ties at political and social levels make it necessary that the Federal Police adapts and develops continuously. The self-perception of the police and political goals require a diverse as well as people-oriented force, which defines itself through citizen-inspired actions and a grasp of the needs of those citizens. The necessity to strengthen the intercultural competence of the officers is thus obvious. The challenge which needs to be tackled now is to complement the theoretical education of officers within the middle management level who learn about European Aspects, intercultural competences and diversity but have had no opportunity so far, due to the narrow training curriculum, to gain practical experience in international cooperation. Due to the Corona pandemic unfortunately only two young police officers were given the possibility to gain these practical experiences abroad following the completion of their police training in Germany. During an internship the officers were integrated into Swedish police authority departments for two weeks and perform daily tasks without exercising executive powers. The participants were selected for this purpose by the Directorates of the Federal Police in a decentralized and fair procedure. The mobilities serve the cooperation of European police forces and the networking of the forces among themselves. They promote the development of key competences in the participating police officers by allowing them to collect practical experience at an early stage of their professional career. The participants got to know the local procedures and practices. They learned to have confidence in the work of other European border authorities and got to know different approaches to similar problems. A view of various possible solutions was given and an understanding of methods learned, which may differ from the German practices. The participants were empowered to respond openly to new challenges. In the long term, the result strengthens a network of European police officers who provide the citizens within the EU with more security and freedom. Crime, in particular cross-border crime may be answered more quickly and effectively.