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Services provided to citizens deteriorated since national police
Three quarters of the police is of the opinion that the services provided to citizens has deteriorated, since the start of the national police.
Agents find that they are less visible and available, and that due to the reorganization at the police.
These are the findings of a survey conducted by the Dutch police Bond.
A large majority are no longer to the own work, because holes in grates should be filled. Also says three quarters of the agents, that they spend more time administrative jobs. The research is done under managers, executive officers and policemen in the support service.
"The large scale ensures that agents feel that they go away from the district, and that they can do their job properly more", says President Han Busker of the NPB. "The service to the citizen comes under pressure, that's very clear from this survey."
The national police should be if the whole reorganization is completed in 2017, to be more effective and better performances. But that is little according to the agents. Eighty percent of the agents says that the motivation to work for the police has declined.
"Local police who are called to the fact that they are not there, when they are there, which have really bothered", says former police chef Lex Mellink of the Utrecht police. "They can but difficult to hide behind schedule pressure or a system where they have to comply with."
President Banks see the problem. "No doubt there is also a piece of uncertainty about the future. That will also play a role, but the signal is unambiguous and is expressed by almost all members. "
Closing police stations The agents have grave concerns about the closure of police stations. The plan is to two hundred of the four hundred agencies. In its place come walk-in hours on, for example, town halls, or people can make a declaration at a COP on the street, according to a separate smartphone.
But eighty percent of the agents think that by closing the police stations, the agents will be less visible in the districts. More than half expect that crime will increase.
"It leads to less visibility in the neighborhoods and in society", says Banks. "Thereby threatens it connecting with citizens in the country to be lost. A serious development. "
Trust according to Mackie wants the Corps leadership too much from the Hague. "What is needed is that local people space and freedom. That can only by trust, and listen to what is needed. It is not just national, it's all about local. "
Police Chief Gerard Bouman acknowledges that the reorganization much more complicated than he had previously expected. "It's less energetic than I thought four years ago. We sit on the most difficult moment in the reorganization. And that creates a lot of uncertainty. "
Bali needs more time. "There are a number of things happened that we couldn't predict. We have underestimated how quickly we can organize things. " How much time dare Baldwin not to say.
But he says the reorganization currently old. "During a renovation a great deal needs to happen, but we perform better than ever."
Major problems Beginning april recognized the Corps leadership that everything goes wrong at the Organization of the national police, and that to. Many of those problems play as since the creation of the national police agency early 2013.
The national police had to put an end to the major problems in the field of finance, ICT and staff. But after two years it appears that those problems are correct.
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Reaction of Ard van der Steur,
Minister of security and justice "The staff will give a signal and that I take very seriously. The reorganization requires a lot of our people and it is understandable that this creates unrest and uncertainty. That is precisely why I have much appreciation for all those police who continue to do their job well under sometimes difficult conditions. "" this survey gives the feeling among police officers again exactly in this difficult period. To address the concerns of the staff, we work hard on a herijkings plan for the national police.
Clarity on the future of all employees and attention to their well-being are have the highest priority. The trade unions are involved, just like if in all phases of the reorganization is spoken regularly with the unions and co-determination.
There are good agreements with them to this process carefully. Mid-July is the herijkings plan to the House of representatives. "
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