” Police get the weapons it needs’
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Minister Ivo Opstelten (Security) is willing policemen with heavier weapons on to the streets to counter terrorism. ,, If necessary, we scale up, ” promises the VVD minister.
Police Union ACP and government party VVD urged yesterday to better equip agents now appeared in Paris that they can come across more and better-armed terrorists to stand. ACP calls for 2000 more agents that can monitor buildings and more special agents with machine guns.
,, We realize that we situations of extreme violence like in Paris can never entirely prevent. However, it is good to look critically at how we arranged it in the Netherlands, ” ACP chairman Gerrit van de Kamp says on behalf of 25,000 members.
With a gun you start small ‘
The cops find a sympathetic ear at VVD party leader Halbe Zijlstra. He will tonight during a parliamentary debate following the attack in Paris advocate for better weapons agents, for example, monitoring stations. ,, With a gun start at a little machine gun, ” Zijlstra said yesterday. Coalition Party PvdA there welcomed, provided that the police top needs it.
Minister Opstelten is ‘totally agree’ with his own party and says that the police get the weapons it needs. Additional agents are in his view is not necessary.
The corps led by the National Police as yet no great desire for more cops with machine guns. ,, We understand that the events in Paris are an eye-opener for many people, but we are already more than two years engaged in the fight against jihadism. The police are well equipped, ” said spokesman Joop Kemperman.
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