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A new training course in Antwerp uses virtual reality to train police to spot suspect behaviour. The idea is to improve profiling, the act of deciding who to stop and check.

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A woman who was questioned by Brussels police late last week was forced to leave without the expensive jewellery she was wearing as it disappeared while she was in custody.

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The city of Ghent has launched a study in response to claims of ethnic profiling by police.

Illustration picture shows a police car of Police midi zone in front of the police station in Forest - Vorst, part of the Brussels Capital Region, Sunday 24 May 2020. (BELGA PHOTO THIERRY ROGE)
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Several officers from the Brussels-South police zone called in sick on Monday in protest at working conditions that they have called unacceptable.

A flag bearing the logo of the activist group, Extinction Rebellion (Image: Wikipedia Creative Commons)
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Extinction Rebellion climate activists who were detained by Belgian police in 2019 will receive compensation after a court ruled that their arrest was unlawful.

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.

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