With the terror threat high at the event, officers are urgently being taught how to use rifles which can fire 750 rounds a minute.
04:40, UK,
Hundreds of undercover French police have been given last-minute assault rifle training in a bid to keep Euro 2016 safe.
During an exclusive visit to one French police centre, Sky News discovered that many officers had only began emergency lessons 10 days earlier - and still hadn't finished their training on the eve of the tournament.
The rifle they are being taught to use is normally carried by specialist units, such as counter-terrorism officers, and can fire 750 rounds a minute.
David-Olivier Reverdy, a union official from Alliance Police Nationale, told Sky News some of the training was being rushed through.
"One hopes that everything and everybody will be ready for day one, but it is true that the training is still ongoing for some units. They didn't foresee the urgency of all this before and only started the training recently," he said.
Some 90,000 police and security officials have been deployed to keep the tournament safe.
In Marseille, where England is playing its first match, scuffles broke out between English fans and locals for two nights, resulting in arrests.
Special boat teams will patrol the area in front of the city's fan zone and prevent anyone from going into the water.
Major Arnaud Louis, from the National Police, said: "It's a big challenge for the city, it's a big challenge for policemen, it's a big challenge for everybody.
"With the football there's a lot of problems that will come to the fan zone so for the majority you have to keep it safe."
France has been in a state of emergency since November 2015 when attacks on Paris left 130 people dead.
Recent strikes sparked more trouble - stretching security forces further.
All 24 nations involved in Euro 2016 are offering policing support, including teams of British "spotters" who have been in Marseille helping to alert the French to any trouble as well as looking for known hooligans.
Chief Superintendent Steve Neill, from National Police Chiefs' Council, has warned troublemakers they won't be tolerated.
He said: "We know who you are, we fully know what you're going to do and we'll be there waiting for you."
Mr Neill added English fans who fell foul of the law were likely to be arrested, and could face football banning orders on their return to the UK.
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