Police in the English city of Bristol say they arrested 10 people during a third night of protest against a new policing law.
Hundreds of demonstrators against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill staged a sit-down protest outside a police station in the southwest England city on Friday night, and some scuffled with officers in helmets and shields who tried to break up the gathering.
The Avon and Somerset Police force said Saturday that eggs, bottles and bricks were thrown at officers and a police horse was daubed with paint.
Read more at:
UK protesters scuffle with police during rally over new law | PBS NewsHour Weekend
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3/21/21
'The Netherlands: Larges Dutch criminal investigation' finds corruption among Amsterdam police
The officer appeared on the radar of the investigative services through the analysis of intercepted messages from the Encrochat encryption service, whose computer server was seized in France on June 12, 2020. This happened after the investigation team had been following the communication between the officer and external parties since April 1, 2020.
This led to the largest Dutch criminal investigation ever. Murders
Read more at: https://nltimes.nl/2021/03/06/larges-dutch-criminal-investigation-finds-corruption-among-amsterdam-police
This led to the largest Dutch criminal investigation ever. Murders
Read more at: https://nltimes.nl/2021/03/06/larges-dutch-criminal-investigation-finds-corruption-among-amsterdam-police
1/24/21
The Netherlands: Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown rioters in two cities
Authorities on Sunday used water cannon and dogs in a square in central Amsterdam, where hundreds of people gathered during the curfew that began on Saturday, public television NOS reported. Videos showed police spraying people grouped against a wall of the Van Gogh Museum.
Read more at: Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown rioters in two cities | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera
Read more at: Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown rioters in two cities | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera
2/23/17
The Netherlands: Dutch far-right leader Wilders cancels public events over alleged security leak but police say Wilders' safety "never in question".
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"Very disturbing news. The Freedom Party is suspending all public activities until all facts in connection with the investigation are known," Wilders said on Twitter, as Dutch political parties gear up for a crunch election on March 15.
The firebrand MP, who has courted controversy with his hardline anti-Islam, anti-immigrant stance and his incendiary insults against Moroccans and Turks, has long been under 24-hour police protection.
Tensions are escalating ahead of the election in which the Freedom Party is running neck-and-neck with the Liberals of Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
On Saturday, Wilders upped the tone at the launch of his official campaign, denouncing "a lot of Moroccan scum who make the streets unsafe".
The highly-respected NRC daily newspaper reported Wednesday that the agent was arrested for allegedly passing on information about Wilders to a Moroccan crime gang.
Dutch police chief Erik Akkerboom confirmed an investigation had been opened but that Wilders' safety "was never in question".
However the matter was deemed so serious that Rutte, who is now campaigning for his own Liberal VVD party, met Wilders to discuss the issue.
The suspected agent was released on Thursday pending the investigation, Dutch news agency ANP said.
Netherlands is no stranger to political violence, even though the small country of just 17 million people has largely gained a reputation for tolerance.
Flamboyant far-right leader Pim Fortuyn was assassinated just nine days before Dutch elections in 2002, shocking the country to the core.
Just two years later in November 2004, filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered by a Muslim radical.
Wilders, 53, has vowed in his party's one-page manifesto that if elected he would ban the sale of Korans, close mosques and Islamic schools, shut Dutch borders and ban Muslim migrants.
Note EU-Digest: Obviously one must question the true value of this story about Wilders - that it is not another populist stunt by him and his followers to give his sinking popularity in the polls a boost. Also to be noted is that Mr.Wilders is never able to provide any detailed plans about how he wants to carry out his party's "one page" manifesto.
Read more: Dutch far-right leader Wilders cancels public events over security leak - France 24
7/23/16
Netherlands Regularly Reviews Security Measures Amid Fears of New Attacks
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The statement came amid warning issued earlier on Friday by the German Federal Criminal Police Office of a threat of new attacks on railway passengers following the Monday attack in southern Germany by an Afghan refugee, who was later shot dead by the police.
"Measures related to security screening have
indeed been strengthened in the Netherlands and are under constant
review to determine whether further reinforcement is needed," the
spokeswoman said.
"None [of the measures] are designed for or
applied specifically to persons from Muslim countries or of Muslim
origin," she said, referring to the fact that most recent attacks —
like the one in Germany and Nice — were perpetrated by Muslims claiming
ties with the Islamic State terrorist group (outlawed in Russia).
"Also mobile phones may be screened as well
as activity on the Internet and social media of the person in question,"
the spokeswoman added.
Following numerous deadly attacks in Europe many experts on terrorism suggested that new attacks could be avoided if social accounts of migrants and radicalized citizens were better scrutinized.
On Wednesday, the Bavarian local parliament called on the government to provide police with more powers to follow Facebook, Twitter accounts and mobile phones of the asylum seekers. Currently, the German police are not authorized to do that.
Read more: Netherlands Regularly Reviews Security Measures Amid Fears of New Attacks
4/14/16
ROAD SAFETY : ‘Textalyzer’ Can Tell If You Were Texting and Driving- By Anthony Cuthbertson
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The technology is being developed by Cellebrite, the Israeli startup reportedly employed by the FBI to unlock the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters responsible for 2015’s attack.
New York state Senator Terrence Murphy and Assemblyman Felix Ortiz proposed legislation that would allow police to use the device at the scene of an accident.
Read more: ‘Textalyzer’ Can Tell If You Were Texting and Driving
12/20/13
France expands Internet, phone monitoring powers
France expanded the government's powers to monitor phone and Internet connection data without judicial review as a last-minute opposition attempt to block the move failed to gather support.
The French Official Journal on Thursday published a military budget law that grants monitoring powers to more agencies such as tax and finance authorities, broadens the grounds for surveillance, and strips judges of the power to review monitoring requests.
The proposed law had come under fire from Google Inc and Microsoft Corp, telecom operators such as Orange and Internet advocacy groups, who argue that it is too broad and violates people's privacy.
Parliament members of the Green Party had tried to make an alliance with the left-wing Front de Gauche and a dissident group within the conservative UMP party to force a review by the top constitutional watchdog, but failed to get the backing of 60 senators or 60 deputies to initiate the procedure.
Read more: France expands Internet, phone monitoring powers | Reuters
The French Official Journal on Thursday published a military budget law that grants monitoring powers to more agencies such as tax and finance authorities, broadens the grounds for surveillance, and strips judges of the power to review monitoring requests.
The proposed law had come under fire from Google Inc and Microsoft Corp, telecom operators such as Orange and Internet advocacy groups, who argue that it is too broad and violates people's privacy.
Parliament members of the Green Party had tried to make an alliance with the left-wing Front de Gauche and a dissident group within the conservative UMP party to force a review by the top constitutional watchdog, but failed to get the backing of 60 senators or 60 deputies to initiate the procedure.
Read more: France expands Internet, phone monitoring powers | Reuters
8/16/11
Top British police slam hiring of US gang crime expert
British police chiefs on Sunday hit back at Prime Minister David Cameron's plans to enlist a U.S. crime expert after last week's riots, as the conservative leader vowed "zero tolerance" against street violence.
Cameron, criticized by some in his party as being too liberal on crime and punishment, has taken a tough stance after four nights of looting and arson hit cities across England.
The prime minister, who has suggested the initial police response to the riots was too timid, has enlisted former New York, Los Angeles and Boston police chief William Bratton to advise his coalition on how to tackle street gangs, which he blamed for much of the violence.
But senior police officers, who have criticized the Conservative-led coalition's plans for police cuts, have reacted sceptically to the plan. "I am not sure I want to learn about gangs from an area of America that has 400 of them," Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, told the Independent on Sunday"It seems to me, if you've got 400 gangs, then you're not being very effective. If you look at the style of policing in the States, and their levels of violence, they are so fundamentally different from here," said Orde, a front runner for the position of head of London's police.
But senior police officers, who have criticized the Conservative-led coalition's plans for police cuts, have reacted sceptically to the plan. "I am not sure I want to learn about gangs from an area of America that has 400 of them," Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, told the Independent on Sunday"It seems to me, if you've got 400 gangs, then you're not being very effective. If you look at the style of policing in the States, and their levels of violence, they are so fundamentally different from here," said Orde, a front runner for the position of head of London's police.
1/8/11
The Netherlands: Can Dutch police trainers "supported by F-!6's" make any difference in Afghanistan? - by Christa Meindersma
In February 2010, the Dutch government collapsed because it could not agree to stay on in Afghanistan. Now, a Dutch minority government seeks opposition support for deploying a new mission to the country. Formally the approval of Parliament is not required. Yet, in practice, any government seeks a substantial parliamentary majority before deploying a military mission abroad. However, it is questionable whether even a narrow majority exists.Why would the Dutch Parliament support a new mission to Afghanistan including a total of 545 Dutch troops? US President Barack Obama’s new strategy of sending 30.000 additional troops, announced in December 2009, has not yielded concrete results: the security situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, the insurgency is spreading north and civilian casualties - particularly from insurgent attacks - are on the rise. Afghan President Hamid Karzai makes it no secret that he wants American troops “off the roads and out of Afghan homes” and is insisting on an end to the nightly kill and capture raids. These form the core of the counterinsurgency campaign. Europen Union President Herman van Rompuy does not believe in success in Afghanistan either. He told the American Ambassador that European troops are only there “out of respect for the United States.” And, by the time the Dutch police trainers arrive, the Americans will almost be starting to withdraw.
Note EU-Digest: the Dutch government plan for this so-called "training" mission also includes the deployment of 4 F-16 and some additional 12o plus air force ground personnel and about 125 regular military troops, which the government is trying to sell as "self defense support". About 60% of the Dutch population is against this or any other missions by the Netherlands in Afghanistan.
For more: Can Dutch police trainers make any difference in Afghanistan? | Radio Netherlands Worldwide
12/11/07
EU-Digest: The Netherlands: Majority of parties in Dutch Parliament say NO to the wearing of head scarfs by police officers
EU-Digest report on the Police head scarf controversy in the Netherlands
The Netherlands: Majority of parties in Dutch Parliament say NO to the wearing of head scarfs by some police officers
A motion presented by the PVV party in the Dutch Parliament last week against the wearing of headscarfs by members of the police was accepted by a large majority of parliamentarians, including the government coalition party CDA, and opposition parties SP, VVD, D66, SGP, the Party of the animals and the Verdonk fraction. The SP noted during the discussions that this guideline should be applied to all forms of religious expression by civil servants and government officials in the Netherlands.
The Christian Union which voted against the motion said they voted against the motion because of its narrow wording. The Christian Party stated to be against the wearing of all religious symbols by the police because the police are required to convey an independent and neutral image when dealing with the Public.
When asked what the Government's next step would be following this Parliamentary motion, Mrs. Guusje Ter Horst, Minister of Internal Affairs (PVDA- Labour Party),said she could not comment on the issue, because her department is still working on establishing a dress code for the police. She said "the advice that was given to her by the Equal Treatment Commission was that the wearing of symbols of religious faith should only be banned if there is a strong case for it, because it could lead to people being banned from working for the police because of their religious beliefs."
Editorial note: Editorial note: The Parliament is correct to ban the wearing of headscarf's by public officials and consequently any statement by the Dutch Equal Treatment Commission to water down this ruling by the parliament is totally inappropriate in a secular society like the Netherlands. There can be no compromise on this issue which has all to do with religion and nothing with culture. Any form of religious expression by a Dutch government official, wherever he or she might be working, should not be tolerated. Let us not forget that the salary of those ( including Parliamentarians) in Dutch Government service is paid by the Dutch taxpayers. These taxpayers represent a variety of beliefs and cultures. The only identification a Dutch Government official should have is that he or she is a citizen of the Netherlands (EU). We hope Mrs. Guusje Ter Horst will make sure to follow the advice of the Parliament.
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