Chapter 3
in forcePolicy regarding the police and the organisation of the police
Section 3.1
Beleids- en beheersbevoegdheden en kwaliteitszorg op rijksniveau
Our Minister shall, after consultation with the Board of Procurators General and the regional mayors, determine the national policy objectives…
Our Minister shall, together with the Chief of Police, hold consultations at least four times a year with the regional mayors or a delegation of the…
Our Minister shall, having heard the Board of Procurators General and the regional mayors, and taking into account the circumstances of the unit…
Rules may be established by or pursuant to an Order in Council regarding the requirements for the proper performance of duties by the police and the…
Rules concerning the armament, equipment, and clothing of police officials shall be established by or pursuant to an Order in Council.
Rules may be laid down by ministerial regulation regarding:
The main lines of policy and management regarding the emergency response centres, as referred to in Article 25a, paragraph 1, shall be established by…
Rules may be laid down by Order in Council regarding:
Section 3.2
De inrichting van de politie
There is a national police force which consists of the following units:
A control room is the physical location where the control room function, as referred to in Article 25b, paragraph 1, is performed. The police have…
The emergency response centre function consists of receiving, registering and assessing reports requesting the acute deployment of the police…
The police has legal personality and is established in a municipality to be designated by Our Minister.
The Chief of Police is charged with the leadership and management of the police. The Chief of Police shall be accountable to Our Minister for the…
The Chief of Police is appointed, suspended, and dismissed by Royal Decree. The regional mayors and the Board of Procurators General shall be given…
The following acts of the Chief of Police require the consent of Our Minister:
Rules regarding the management of the police shall be established by or pursuant to an Order in Council. The recommendation for an Order in Council…
Our Minister may issue general and specific instructions to the Chief of Police regarding the performance of his duties and the exercise of his…
The chief of police shall provide Our Minister, upon request and on his own initiative, in a timely manner with the information that Our Minister…
Our Minister shall annually make contributions available from the budget of his ministry to the police, partly with a view to the actual provision of…
Our Minister shall annually establish a budget for the police for the coming financial year, as well as a multi-annual estimate for the four years…
Our Minister shall annually establish an annual account of the police, which also pertains to the accountability regarding the lawfulness of the…
Our Minister shall distribute the strength and resources among the units of the police, as referred to in Article 25, paragraph 1. In doing so, he…
Our Minister shall annually establish a management plan and an annual report for the police. The Chief of Police shall draft a proposal for a…
Section 3.3
De regionale eenheden
The daily management of a regional unit rests with the chief of police.
There shall be at least one community police officer active per 5,000 inhabitants.
The municipal council shall determine at least once every four years the objectives that the municipality pursues in the field of safety through the…
Our Minister shall designate a regional mayor for each area in which a regional unit performs police duties for a period of four years. The mayors of…
The regional mayor shall render account for the exercise of his duties pursuant to this Act and his authority pursuant to Article 39, paragraph 2, to…
The mayors of the municipalities in the area in which the regional unit performs the police task and the chief public prosecutor shall, at least once…
Our Minister may, with regard to the policy plan referred to in Article 39, paragraph 1, issue the necessary instructions to the regional mayor, if…
The regional mayor and the chief public prosecutor shall consult regularly with the police chief of a regional unit.
Section 3.3a
Bovenlokale afstemming
The mayors of the municipalities within the area in which the regional unit performs police duties and whose municipal boundaries coincide with the…
Section 3.4
De landelijke eenheden
There are one or more national units. They are charged with one or more of the following tasks:
Our Minister may give the necessary general and specific instructions to the relevant police officers regarding the performance of the tasks referred…
Our Minister may, if he deems it necessary in connection with the performance of the tasks referred to in Article 42, paragraph 1, instruct the…
Section 3.5
Rechtspositie en screening
For the purposes of this Section, the following definitions apply:
Insofar as they are not appointed, suspended, and dismissed by Royal Decree, police officers, with the exception of the officers of the National…
The designation of the head of a territorial subdivision of a regional unit, as referred to in Article 13, shall take place following the obtained…
Regulations concerning the police shall be established by or pursuant to an Order in Council regarding:
A police officer is not required to perform duties on days of religious or public holidays that are applicable to him on the basis of his religion or…
A police officer who, due to the extent of the duties resulting therefrom, cannot simultaneously perform a function in public law bodies to which he…
The competent authority shall not make a distinction between police officers based on a difference in working hours regarding the conditions under…
Rules concerning the ranks of the police and signs of special merit shall be established by Order in Council.
In this Section, attachment (beslag) also includes the claim referred to in Article 19 of the 1990 Collection of State Taxes Act (Invorderingswet…
Insofar as not otherwise provided in this Section, attachment may be levied on remuneration in accordance with the provisions of common law.
Remuneration paid unduly by the competent authority may be recovered.
The remuneration owed by the competent authority may be set off against what the police officer, in that capacity, owes to the authority itself.
The competent authority may apply a deduction to the remuneration for the benefit of a creditor of the police officer, provided that the officer…
For the application of Article 475b, paragraph 2, of the Code of Civil Procedure, set-off and deduction shall be equated to attachment, without…
If several creditors have a claim to a portion of the remuneration by virtue of an attachment or a deduction, the distribution shall take place in…
The transfer, pledging or any other act by which a police officer grants any right to his remuneration to a third party is only valid for that part…
Payment or delivery to an authorised representative, after a power of attorney for the satisfaction or collection of remuneration has terminated…
For a police officer who has reached the age referred to in Article 7, part a, of the General Old Age Pensions Act (Algemene Ouderdomswet) and who…
If, pursuant to regulations or rules based on Article 47, paragraph 1, a notice period for the termination of the employment of a police officer has…
Insofar as positions are eliminated in connection with a reorganization, the police officer who has reached the age referred to in Article 48j…
A police officer who has reached the age referred to in Article 48j, paragraph 1, may be dismissed on the grounds of unfitness to perform his duties…
By way of derogation from the period of 6 weeks referred to in Article 48m, paragraphs one and two, a period of thirteen weeks shall apply until a…
The regulations or rules established pursuant to Article 47, paragraph 1, insofar as they concern the provisions contained therein regarding…
Pursuant to regulations or rules based on Article 47, paragraph 1, a derogation from Articles 48j up to and including 48o may be made in favour of…
The performance of duties as a police officer as referred to in Article 2, under (a), (b) or (c), is only possible if there is no objection thereto…
The person concerned who intends to perform activities as referred to in Article 48q, paragraph 1 or 4, shall be subject to an investigation into…
By or pursuant to an Order in Council, activities shall be designated that may pose an increased risk to the integrity of the police.
Insofar as it is necessary for a proper assessment in the context of the investigation into reliability, the competent authority or, as the case may…
The investigation into reliability shall only be initiated after the competent authority for appointment, suspension and dismissal, or the chief of…
The competent authority or the chief of police, respectively, exercises continuous supervision over:
The official, as referred to in Article 48v, paragraph 1, under a, shall report to the competent authority any change in facts or circumstances of…
The competent authority or the chief of police, respectively, may, if facts or circumstances become known to them that justify a renewed…
The Chief of Police shall require the police officer who possesses a certificate of conduct in compliance with Article 48q, paragraph 2, and the…
The competent authority or, as the case may be, the chief of police is the controller, as referred to in Article 4, point (7), of the General Data…