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Illustration picture shows a policeman wearing a 'body worn video' system in Brussels. (BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM)
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Police officers from the Brussels-Capital-Ixelles area will use bodycams from September, a report revealed on Tuesday.

Federal Administrative Police director-general Andre Desenfants pictured during a session of the Commission for Interior Affairs of the federal parliament in Brussels, Wednesday 23 September 2020, regarding the Chovanec case. ( BELGA PHOTO LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ)
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The Belgian interior and justice ministers have decided to punish André Desenfants, the second highest ranking officer in the federal police, in the ongoing investigation into the death of Slovak

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The federal police have not used lie detector technology for more than a year, due to a shortage of specialists as well as a lack of proper legislation.

Police arrest a climate activist outside the Royal Palace in Brussels, Monday 21 September 2020, (BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE)
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According to a newspaper report published on Tuesday, 3,112 complaints were filed against police officers in 2020. This is almost 500 more than the previous year.

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Illustration shows computer terminal and mainframe, in a Brussels federal police building. (BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE)
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The accuracy and precision of police databases in Belgium still leave much to be desired, the Police Information Control Body (COC) noted in its annual report published on Monday.

Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne (L) and Alain Remue of the police unit for missing people 'Cel Vermiste Personen / Disparitions inquietantes' (center L) during an exhumation of an unidentified person, Tuesday 25 May 2021. (HAND OUT CABINET OF THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE)
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In Belgium, a total of 759 cases of disappearances are unsolved.

Illustration picture shows the states general of the police who will develop a new future vision for the Belgian police services, in Brussels, Tuesday 25 May 2021. (BELGA PHOTO JAMES ARTHUR GEKIERE)
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A reflection exercise designed to begin the process of reforming the Belgian police force kicked off in Brussels on Tuesday.

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Salah Abdeslam and Sofien Ayari, Belgian residents involved in the November 2015 terrorist attack in Paris, have been ordered to pay almost €700,000 in compensation to a special units police offic

A sign on a wall in Anderlecht, Brussels, calling for justice for 19-year-old Adil who was killed in a police chase in April 2020 (© Wikipedia Creative Commons / All Rights Reserved)
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The Brussels council chamber postponed the case surrounding the death of 19-year-old Adil indefinitely on Tuesday.

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