Monday, 9. January 2017 – 7:58 Update: 09-01-2017 19:27,
The teams hope that the weekkalender leads to new tips on the crimes. The calendar is part of a broader offensive by the police to draw attention to the cold cases.
in the Netherlands there are about 1,500 unsolved crimes as a cold case to book are, for the most part levensdelicten. Coldcaseteams of the police trying these things still to solve. ‘Witnesses play often a crucial role,” says Wim Perlot, leader of the coldcaseteam Middle of the Netherlands and chairman of the platform Cold Cases in the Netherlands. “Research by recherchekundigen Daan Annegarn and Evelien Aangeenbrug turns out that there are many people in the Netherlands are walking around with information about an unsolved case (an estimated 800 people). They discovered that a perpetrator after some time often about his deed says, ” explains Wim Perlot.
Test
The experience of the police and justice shows that even among prison inmates is relatively a lot of knowledge about committed criminal offences. For that reason the calendar on a trial basis awarded to inmate in correctional facilities in Leeuwarden, Zutphen, the netherlands, Sittard, the netherlands, Zwaag and Justitieel Complex Schiphol. If the trial is successful, the calendar in the course of this year as possible in all penitentiary establishments were issued to prisoners
Actors
The 52 cases on the calendar are selected by coldcaseteams from around the country. It comes to the things that a lot of social unrest have caused and of which the teams suggests that new research is promising.
United States
The idea for a coldcasekalender was created during a study tour of recherchekundige Jeroen Hammer in the United States. ‘There is every year in multiple states, a card game for detainees issued. On each of the cards is to draw attention to a cold case.’ Thanks to the means in America, dozens of murder cases still to be resolved.
Calendar
In the Netherlands, after consultation between the police and the Public Prosecutor selected for a calendar. ‘Hopefully the calendar detainees to their knowledge about unsolved crimes with the police to share. If we have a case to still be able to solve, means that for survivors, an end to years of debilitating uncertainty and ignorance, ” says Hammer, now a detective with the coldcaseteam of the Unit East of the Netherlands.
Reward
The 52 matters on the calendar are described, are also published on a special coldcasepagina on the website politie.nl. On this page, is also the calendar by anyone to view. In each of the cases is a reward promised. In total an amount of over 800.000 euro.
More attention
The coldcasekalender is part of a broader offensive by the coldcaseteams in our country to make potential witnesses of unsolved crimes to move their knowledge (again) with the police to share. So spend the television program Detection Requested coming year regular attention to cold cases. Also appears this year at SBS 6, a 6-part series on television in which time a cold case is brought to the attention. In addition, the police will ask you in other ways, attention to cold cases.
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