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It will be a big challenge for the police and the boas to enforce the national ban on sexual harassment on the street. Here’s what the ACP police and boa unions say about the research program Pointer, which investigated the feasibility of the law. According to Richard Gerrits of the Boa ACP trade union, collecting even more tasks will be a “huge challenge”.
The first room vote in March by the Sexual Offenses Act. This allows victims of sexual assault and rape to report crimes without providing evidence of coercion. The same law also covers sexual harassment in public. People who shout sexual comments at others in the street can be charged. The law applies from 1 July.
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According to the unions, the fact that the law is now being introduced nationally is not a problem. The Public Prosecution Service also welcomes the law and opposes it Pointer It is “very good to find that there are now frameworks that can be applied”. According to union chairman Boa Gerrits, there are concerns about implementation, which is both with the police and the boas. According to him, the boa is gradually becoming “the jack-of-all-trades of society”.
The police have also struggled with capacity problems for a long time. The new law will soon allow the police to catch perpetrators of street terror. But that could be very difficult, according to the spokesperson of the Police Association Ramon Meijerink.
“If we walk in uniform, we won’t hear it. Then we would have to go in plain clothes, for example. And then there has to be supporting evidence to fine someone. That’s where our worries.”
According to a spokesperson for the Boa union, Rotterdam and Utrecht will at least try to deal with street terror. For the pilot, boas are being trained that can go on the streets in plain clothes from July, with the aim of catching people in the act.
The intention is to prepare as many official reports, so that at least some of them are sent to the judge after a year.
2024-05-09 08:36:45
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