Police: more digital declarations to close offices

The police want citizens to file a digital declaration more often. In the long run, 230 of the approximately four hundred police stations could be closed. In return, there will be more ‘support points’ and more police on the streets.

To ensure that more reports are filed digitally, the number of crimes that can be reported via the internet will be expanded, the police promises. At the moment, especially more serious crimes cannot be reported via the internet.

According to Chief Commissioner Henk van Essen of the National Police, the number of calls at police stations is already decreasing, he told the AD. 230 of the 400 police stations have to close, but on balance 200 locations where the police are active will disappear, the AD writes, because support centers are being added. The bureaus will not disappear until the digital ‘services’ are in order. The closure of police stations is spread over ten years; As far as is known, there have been no layoffs.