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Dutch police chief to take reigns at intelligence agency AIVD

Jan 24 '20 17:30
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National police chief Erik Akerboom is expected to be named as the new boss of domestic intelligence agency AIVD, according to the Volkskrant. The current head of the 18-year-old agency, Dick Schoof, is expected to re-join the Ministry of Security and Justice which he left in 2013 to lead national counter-terrorism office NCTV.

Akerboom worked in various capacities in Dutch police offices for 23 years after studying for four years at the Apeldoorn police academy. He spent much of his career in Utrecht, before becoming the top cop in the Brabant-Noord region.

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Many problems still surround police reorganization: report

Nov 17 '17 07:52
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Five years after the regional police forces in the Netherlands reorganized into the National Police, there are still numerous problems, the Kuijken committee concluded after investigating the state of affairs in the police reorganization. It is still a work in progress, the committee said its report, ANP reports.

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National Police to get €188 mil. extra this year

May 16 '16 09:41

The National Police is getting an additional 188 million euros in its budget this year

Report: Up to €300 million needed to finish police reorganization

Mar 22 '16 12:58

The police will need between 250 million and 300 million euros extra to finish the reorganization into the National Police, according to a report accounting firm PWC sent to Minister Ard van der Steur of Security and Justice

Some 4,500 police workers call in sick daily

Mar 2 '16 08:28
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Seven percent of police personnel stayed home sick on an average day in 2015, according to figures from the police's central works council. That comes down to between 4,500 and 4,600 police employees sick per day

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Report: Top Defense official tapped as new nat'l police chief

Dec 24 '15 07:34
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Erik Akerboom, senior official at the Ministry of Defense, is the preferred candidate for the new Chief of the National Police. The selection committee, consisting of representatives from the police and the Ministry of Security and Justice, consider him the best candidate. The police's central works council discussed the matter with him this week and came to an agreement for his appointment

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Police: continued cuts a threat to national security

Sep 14 '15 09:45
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The safety of the Dutch society and police officers themselves will be put in danger if any further cuts are made to the National Police. More cutbacks will make a number of police activities impossible to perform.

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Justice Min. defends tough police contract talks, over budget police reorganization

Sep 11 '15 10:11
Politics

Minister Ard van der Steur of Security and Justice will stick to his plan surrounding the reorganization to the National Police, despite upset and concerns in the Tweede Kamer. He is convinced that the transformation will run better now that it has two extra years and and extra money to do so.

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Report: Police reorganization €230 million over budget

Aug 28 '15 15:14

The reorganization of the National Police is 230 million euros over budget, bringing the total costs up to nearly half a billion euros.

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