ANP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 09:53•Edited today, 10:27 “Let’s hold our breath,” sighs Peije de Meij, New Year’s coordinator at the police, in NOS Radio 1 Newspaper. After two years of a total ban on fireworks, it’s allowed again this year in most places: light fireworks (firecrackers have been banned nationwide since 2020). Despite the ban, the … Read more
Provicom In collaboration with Zeeland broadcast ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 12:20 A police arrest team has detained two suspects at a house after hours of action in Biervliet in Zealand. A “long weapon” was also seized in the action. It is unclear what exactly the two are suspected of. At around half past eight, police received reports of … Read more
KoenLaurey In collaboration with RTV Utrecht ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 12:38•Edited today, 1:27 pm This morning a woman fell into a deep well in a cemetery in Utrecht. It happened around 11:15. The woman fell to an estimated depth of five meters and was injured. It is not known how she is now. The safety region’s height rescue … Read more
The Dutch data protection authority (AP) has fined the police €50,000 for the unauthorized use of cameras. With this, the police checked whether people kept a distance of 1.5 meters from each other during the corona crisis. “During the corona virus, cameras were deployed in Rotterdam, without first identifying privacy risks,” the watchdog said in … Read more
Heitink news agency ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 2.37pm The occupant of the car died this afternoon in the collision between an ambulance and a passenger car. The vehicles collided head-on. Paramedics sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital, police said. The accident occurred around 1pm on the provincial road between Culemborg and Lienden, he reports Gelderland broadcast. … Read more