Search form

menu menu

Content by tag : police

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Illustration shows computer terminal and mainframe, in a Brussels federal police building. (BELGA PHOTO BENOIT DOPPAGNE)
Article

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)
Article

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)
Article

A reflection exercise designed to begin the process of reforming the Belgian police force kicked off in Brussels on Tuesday.

Article

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)
Article

The Brussels council chamber postponed the case surrounding the death of 19-year-old Adil indefinitely on Tuesday.

Article

Motorists should keep a sharp eye on their speedometers on Wednesday: Federal and local police are collaborating to carry out a 24-hour speed check marathon.

Article

Police inspector Eric Claessens has started a hunger strike following what he describes as years of harassment and threats of termination.

Article

There are no reliable figures regarding brutality, racism and discrimination by the police in Belgium, nor are police forces transparent when it comes to these issues.

Article

Following six years of constant military presence on the streets and transport stations of Brussels, security patrols have now been taken over by police officers.

Pages