“Police: more digital reports to agencies to be able to close”

The police wants citizens more often digital report. In the long term, over 230 of the approximately four hundred police stations are closed. In return, there will be more ‘resource centres’ and there is more police around the streets.

In order to ensure that more documents be digitally done, will the number of crimes for which a declaration can be done via the internet are extensive, promises to be the police. At this time, especially more serious offences are not on the internet.

According to police chief Henk van Essen of the National Police drops the run up to police stations already, as he says in the newspaper AD. 230 of the 400 police stations have to close, but, on balance, disappear 200 locations where the police is active, writes the AD, because there are support points. The agencies will, moreover, only to disappear as the digital ‘services’ on order. The closure of police stations will be spread over ten years; to the extent known, there are no layoffs.