Overburdened police losing grip on neighborhoods, Inspectorate says

Community police officers overburdened with a myriad of other tasks are losing their grip on their neighborhood, according to the Inspectorate for Justice and Security. These officers have little to no time to invest in neighborhood contacts, resulting in little information to foresee problems and intervene before situations become really unsafe, the Inspectorate said after examining the police's approach to the four most common problems - undermining, people with disturbed behavior, problematic youth groups, and traffic.Submitted by Janene Pieters on Tuesday, 1 September 2020 - 17:20 https://nltimes.nl/2020/09/01/overburdened-police-losing-grip-neighborhoods-inspectorate-says