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Police officers were pelted with fireworks in Eindhoven in 2023
Crime
Police blame hardening of society for 9% increase in use of force
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An enforcement officer carrying a baton.
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Dutch rail operator NS to pilot batons for enforcement officers
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Station building of Purmerend train station, 16 April 2024
Politics
Almelo, Purmerend, and Bergen op Zoom among stations targeted for safety upgrades
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NS security workers
Business
NS wants to arm security guards with batons
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Ahoy Rotterdam defaced with fake blood and slogans against funding war crimes ahead of the arms fair on 21 November 2024
PoliticsBusiness
Ahoy Rotterdam smeared with fake blood ahead of arms fair; 3 protesters arrested
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A blurred photo of a Gaza support protest at a Dutch university, May 2024
Politics
Police used batons on pro-Palestinian protesters at Utrecht University
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Police officer with an electroshock weapon
Crime
Police used violence 33,584 times last year; Up 12%
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Handcuffs
Crime
Police used force 18,500 times last year, including 78 shootings
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Police officer at a train station
Crime
Concerns over people increasingly bringing weapons on trains
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Dutch police officers arrest a suspect
Crime
Dutch police used force in 14,507 incidents last year
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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
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Enforcement officers speaking to passersby in Rotterdam
CrimePolitics
Justice Minister against arming enforcers as they protest against violence
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Enforcement officer in Amsterdam, 7 May 2017
BusinessPolitics
Enforcers planning more actions in plea to be armed
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Enforcement officers in Amsterdam, 7 May 2017
Business
Amsterdam enforcers to strike on King's Day
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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
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Police
Crime
Some 100 young people throw fireworks, food at cops in Brabant town
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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
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New police uniform
Politics
Police against arming enforcement officers
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Farmsum, in the municipality of Delfzijl
Crime
Police again use batons on anti-gas extraction protesters