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Press release | 06-12-2011
In future, mayors will be able to designate an area for up to twelve hours as an area where the police is authorised to perform preventative searches for weapons if such is necessary to enforce public order.
Senate Consents to New Role of Examining Judge
Press release | 29-11-2011
The Examining Judge will get a more supervisory/monitoring role in criminal investigations, which will strengthen his position. In conjunction with the Council for the Judiciary, Minister Opstelten of Security and Justice is currently working on the details/a framework to strengthen the position of the Examining Judge in fact and in quality. This is evident from the legislative proposal from Minister Opstelten, which was adopted by the Senate today.
Senate agrees to DNA relationship test
Press release | 22-11-2011
Today, the Upper House agreed to the use of DNA relationship tests in the fight against crime. This involves a new type of DNA test by which it can be ascertained whether a relative of the person whose DNA has been tested by the police and the Public Prosecution Service, is a potential offender of a crime. The application of relationship tests is urgently needed in the field.
Public campaign against domestic violence has started
Press release | 21-11-2011
The national public campaign against domestic violence has started. As in previous years, the campaign focuses on victims, bystanders and those who commit domestic violence and calls on people to call in [emergency services? Bron is niet duidelijk wie moet worden ingeschakeld] in the event of domestic violence.
Opstelten tightens measures against perpetrators of domestic violence
Press release | 21-11-2011
Those who commit domestic violence have to be tracked down and prosecuted sooner and faster. Improved methods for taking evidence and documentation should allow this, in addition to a code red approach: stricter regulations for dealing with repeat offenders and the most serious type of perpetrators, those who commit 'intimate terrorism'. These measures will be implemented to ensure a more targeted approach to offenders. This is what the Dutch Minister of Security and Justice, Mr. Opstelten, has ...
Annelore Roelofs appointed as member of the DJI General Management
Press release | 18-11-2011
Ms A.L.C. (Annelore) Roelofs was appointed as member of the General Management of the Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) today. She will start her activities on 15 January 2012.
Crisis exercise Indian Summer to be held on 12 and 13 October
Press release | 05-10-2011
The Central Government, together with the Zeeland Safety Region, will hold the national exercise entitled "Indian Summer" on 12 and 13 October. Administrators, emergency services, partners in Belgium and experts will conduct an exercise with the National Nuclear Emergencies system. Indian Summer is an exercise with a fictitious nuclear scenario that will be hardly noticeable to the outside world. The exercise will focus on the decisions and activities that the Ministries and the ...
More cooperation between the government and the security industry
Press release | 02-10-2011
Minister Opstelten and State Secretary Teeven (Security and Justice) want to expand cooperation between the police, the Public Prosecution Service and the security industry. Current cooperation between the government and the private security industry is successful and benefits safety. This was said by Teeven this morning at the seminar 'public-private cooperation during investigations'. This development is in line with the government objective of focusing more on public-private cooperation.
Detainees from Curacao and Bonaire have arrived in the Netherlands
Press release | 01-10-2011
Ten detainees from Curacao and Bonaire arrived in the Netherlands this morning. At the request of Minister of Justice of Curacao Wilsoe, State Secretary Teeven had already decided at the start of September to temporarily transfer five detainees to the Netherlands for safety considerations.
National information system puts an end to police’s ICT problems
Press release | 19-09-2011
The police will get one national information system to put an end to the ICT problems of the police. The existing ICT support for police officers will be improved shortly.
