After more than 28 years of service, the director of the Safety Care Drenthe Foundation has been put up for more than 28 years due to suspicions of fraud. It is a 65-year-old resident of Emmen.
Spokesperson Peter Grondsma says that the director has recently been at home.
In addition to the director, two other employees have left the body in the past period. It would be about the son of the director and a coordinator.
According to spokesperson Peter Grondsma of Security Care Drenthe, two employees have indeed left. “They were not fired, but they decided to say goodbye in the same period. On the reason for departure, Grondsma said that these two are not suspected of criminal offenses.” Furthermore, we cannot make any announcements about this. “
The case came rolling after employees reported on 19 March about a ‘suspicion of integrity violation’. According to Grondsma, the board immediately ordered an investigation by an external research agency. The director has been put on non-active from that moment.
Because the investigation is still ongoing, nothing can be said about outcomes and any follow -up steps. The board will give openness if the investigation has been completed, Grondsma reports. When the investigation is ready is not yet known.
According to sources, the director “Business and Privé was a bit mixed up.” The director himself does not want to respond to the issue and refers to his lawyer. It was not yet available for a response.
The management of the Drenthe Safety Care is formed by Mayor Renze Bergsma van Coevorden, mayor Jan Seton van Borger-Odoorn and Robert Kleine (former alderman of the municipality of Emmen). Renate Bouwman is currently interim director of the Foundation.
Bergsma announced on behalf of the board that they ‘find the issue’ extremely annoying ‘. “Not in the last place for the employees of this great organization. We try to be extremely careful, whereby the privacy of the employee also has to be taken into account.”
Safety Care Drenthe supplies, among other things, boas, regulators and traffic controllers for various clients, such as municipalities, provinces, schools and carriers. 110 people work at Drenthe Safety Care.