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NOS News•today, 16:03
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Remco Andringa
editor Police and Justice
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Remco Andringa
editor Police and Justice
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The number of cases dismissed by the police without investigation has more than doubled in recent years. This is evident from figures that the NOS has requested from the police.
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Nearly 32,000 cases were terminated early last year due to staff shortages. That is 1 in 24. In addition, another 26,000 cases were set aside because, according to the police, they were not promising enough to start an investigation.
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According to the police, the latter mainly has to do with a sharper choice in which matters it makes sense to invest time and effort and in which it is not. More and more cases are also being settled without police involvement, for example through mediation or by referral to aid agencies.
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“The reality is that we always have more cases than we can handle,” says Hanneke Ekelmans, a member of the National Police Force Command. “But in addition, matters have become increasingly complex in recent years. They require more time and that is why you can handle fewer cases with the same number of people. We would of course prefer to see that differently, but it is the case.”
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Fewer cases, more suspects identified
The units where most business was halted last year due to a lack of capacity are East Netherlands, East Brabant and Rotterdam. earlier published the NOS already details about the staff shortage in this and other police units.
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These units do manage to track down a suspect in relatively many cases. On average, the police succeed in this in a quarter of the cases, but in the east of the Netherlands the score is 29 percent. According to the police, this proves: the better reports are selected in advance, the more effectively the available investigative capacity can be deployed on the most important and most promising cases.
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“The trick for us is to make the best choices with the capacity we have and to get the most out of it,” says Ekelmans.
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Which things were left behind?
The NOS has also requested data on which cases the police left without any investigation last year. By far the largest part consists of cybercrime and scam issues. They are often regarded as having no chance, for example because the perpetrators are abroad and cannot be tackled there.
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Whether a case is promising or not is assessed on the basis of criteria established by the Public Prosecution Service. For example, there must be leads that can lead to a suspect. The time and energy that an investigation takes must also be proportionate to the crime.
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Only 6 percent of the investigated cybercrime cases succeed in apprehending a suspect.
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Regional differences
In addition to cybercrime and online fraud, reports of assault were regularly filed last year, as were bicycle theft, vandalism and shoplifting. There are also significant regional differences. The police in Rotterdam, for example, failed to investigate more than 300 accidents due to capacity problems, while in the north of the Netherlands hundreds of reports of threats, assault or vandalism were left unanswered due to staff shortages.
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The priorities of a unit are determined regionally, says Ekelmans. Not only by the police, the Public Prosecution Service and the mayor also play a role in this. “If there are a number of very serious cases somewhere that require a lot of effort, this automatically has consequences for other cases in that region. For example, major sexual assault cases take precedence. And that is a very sour message if you are a victim in a relatively less serious case. But I think it’s generally understood that we’re doing those vice cases.”
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In addition to the cases that end up in the trash in advance, a large part is also rejected at a later stage. In that case, the police and the judiciary have looked into it, but it turns out that there is no criminal offense or, on closer inspection, there are still too few leads. Last year it was about half of all cases.
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