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Police officer with an electroshock weapon
Crime
Police used violence 33,584 times last year; Up 12%
3 May 2023 - 08:05
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Handcuffs
Crime
Police used force 18,500 times last year, including 78 shootings
7 April 2022 - 10:03
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Police officer at a train station
Crime
Concerns over people increasingly bringing weapons on trains
9 October 2020 - 12:50
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Dutch police officers arrest a suspect
Crime
Dutch police used force in 14,507 incidents last year
29 June 2020 - 15:30
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A Handhaving security patrol on Damrak approaching Beursplein in Amsterdam Centrum
Crime
Green light for enforcement officers to more easily obtain weapons
6 June 2020 - 07:45
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Enforcement officers speaking to passersby in Rotterdam
CrimePolitics
Justice Minister against arming enforcers as they protest against violence
26 May 2020 - 12:40
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Enforcement officer in Amsterdam, 7 May 2017
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Enforcers planning more actions in plea to be armed
15 May 2019 - 12:50
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Enforcement officers in Amsterdam, 7 May 2017
Business
Amsterdam enforcers to strike on King's Day
23 April 2019 - 13:40
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A scooter rider and several bicyclists approach a snorfiets checkpoint in Amsterdam Centrum, 8 April 2019
BusinessPolitics
Amsterdam's scooter ban on bike paths not immediately enforced
8 April 2019 - 07:51
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Police
Crime
Some 100 young people throw fireworks, food at cops in Brabant town
28 January 2019 - 08:31
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Three cops hurt while arresting aggressive man in Waalwijk, 21 Jan 2019
Crime
Video: Three cops hurt while arresting aggressive man
22 January 2019 - 08:59
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Police
Politics
Police against arming enforcement officers
11 December 2018 - 11:50
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Farmsum, in the municipality of Delfzijl
Crime
Police again use batons on anti-gas extraction protesters
30 August 2018 - 15:10

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