Police officer who shot suspect in the leg in Uden will not be prosecuted
A police officer who shot a man in the leg in Uden in June 2024 will not be prosecuted. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) has stated that the officer acted according to the guidelines with his actions.
The incident occurred at around 2:30 a.m. on June 12, 2024. Police received a report of a man trying to break in to several cars on the Oranjestraat in Uden. Police tried to arrest the 31-year-old from Zeeland after arriving at the location but the suspect hit one of the officers with his car before dragging one of the service dogs with the car.
After the suspect drove recklessly toward the police again shortly after this, the police officer fired two shots, with one of these hitting the suspect in the leg. The suspect tried to physically harm the police officer shortly before the shooting. He was sentenced to nine months in prison for this, with six months of the sentence conditionally suspended, in January 2025.
“Police officers are permitted under the Official Instructions to use a firearm to avert direct danger to the lives of persons or to prevent serious bodily harm. In this case, that situation occurred,” the OM stated.
