“Do your job correctly, with the necessary respect, with the necessary empathy.” Committee P sees an increasing number of complaints against the police

“Do your job correctly, with the necessary respect, with the necessary empathy.” This is what Kathleen Stinckens – chairwoman of Comité P, the external monitoring body for the police – says to officers who are faced with angry or suspicious citizens today. Committee P’s new annual report comes at an uncomfortable time for the police: after riots in Brussels, police action is once again under fire. And it is precisely that report that exposes a sensitive fault line: the relationship between citizens and the police is under pressure.

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