This issue contains 4 sections.
Documents and publications - Police
Investigators see a clear link between a lawyer advising his client prior to police questioning and his presence during the interrogation
The experiment of having lawyers attend police interrogations of suspects has been successful. For two years the police and the ...
Opstelten: offensive against police bureaucracy
Minister Opstelten (Security and Justice) is launching an offensive against police bureaucracy. He intends to reduce the ...
Vigilance and alertness during large-scale events
Minister Opstelten (Security and Justice) wants municipalities, the police and the Public Prosecution Service to structurally ...
A single shared services centre for the police
In 2011 work will start on setting up a Police Service Centre, combining a number of support services for the regional police ...
Confidential telephone conversations of lawyers automatically destroyed
Tapped telephone conversations between suspects and their lawyers will be destroyed automatically as from next year. The ...
The Police Academy will subject students to stricter exams
The Police Academy will subject its students to more thorough exams. The exam assignments will better cover the teaching materials ...
Organisations Continue to Invest in Quality
The Investigation and Prosecution Reinforcement Programme, which was set up to improve the quality of three organisations in ...
Nationwide Agreements to Curb Aggression against Public Servants
Effective from 1 April 2010 the police and the Public Prosecution Service will adopt a unified approach in combating aggression ...
Undercover operations: valuable but unpredictable investigative instruments
Undercover operations have important value for investigations. In some cases, they provide results that probably could not have ...
Additional measures for dealing with robbery-related crime
The police will make use of quick response teams in order to reduce the number of robberies. In addition, more use will be made of ...
