Federal Minister of Justice Paul Van Tigchelt Ensures Brussels Police Reinforcement Promises Kept

Federal Minister of Justice Paul Van Tigchelt assured Tuesday that the Federal government “kept its promises” to reinforce the Brussels police and justice system, in the face of violence linked to the drug scene, while rejoicing to see the Region ” take” its coordinating role.

“The captain of the boat, since the 6th state reform, is the Brussels-Capital Region, which has its security plan”, underlined on La Première (RTBF) the Deputy Prime Minister Open Vld, at the day after the presentation, by Brussels Minister-President Rudi Vervoort (PS), of the new “regional strategy” to combat violence linked to the drug world.

“I am happy to see that the Region is now taking on this coordinating role,” he added, while recognizing the need to continue investing in security services.

In this regard, “we are keeping our promises”, following the decision in October to strengthen the public prosecutor’s office and the federal judicial police in Brussels. According to its figures, the Brussels public prosecutor’s office has received eight additional magistrates and five lawyers since last November. Fifteen other prosecutors are still expected to arrive in the coming weeks. For the federal judicial police (PJF), where “there is a problem of attractiveness”, 67 inspectors should start in the coming weeks.

As for the local police, the minister draws a comparison: “New York is a city of 11 million inhabitants, it has a police department (NYPD) of 40,000 police officers. Brussels-capital is a region of 1.3 to 1 .4 million inhabitants, with a local police force of 6,500 police officers. In his eyes, “we can do things” with this ability.

2024-02-28 08:15:00
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