Before and during the competition there were not very many (visible) agents to be seen. For example, at the match against Emmen, the police deployment was a lot more robust. Based on information in advance, the police considered that a risk match. “Now there were no signs of disturbances in advance and further upscaling was not necessary in principle,” the police spokesperson explains.
‘Deployment of agents asks for sharp choices’
When the riots broke out, spectators in the stands wondered why the police did not intervene. Stewards tried to keep both groups apart, but that was a hopeless matter. “There is of course always a police around football matches. However, we cannot use dozens of agents all matches because we have to make sharp choices how we use our capacity,” says the spokesperson.
Agents from basic teams from the region had to come and support the colleagues present in Velsen-Zuid. “Because of this they could not go to other reports present in the neighborhood or record declarations,” a police chief said last weekend.
They came to the stadium with buses and then walked into the field in Linie, with armdasts. Supported by agents with police dogs. As a result, the fighting came to an end relatively quickly.
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