Police made mistakes prior to the double murder in Drentse Weiteveen

The police acknowledges that she made major mistakes prior to the double murder that took place in Weiteveen in Drenthe last year. This is apparent from a Friday published evaluation report. According to the report, there were “important signals”, incidents were not linked to each other and a weapon permit was not withdrawn where it had been necessary.

A year before the murders, the suspect of the murders, Richard K., sold his parental home to a couple. After that, the buyers and the sellers were given a conflict that the police were intensively involved with. In total, prior to the murders, about eighty reports were received by the police about, among other things, defamation, defamation, intimidation and threat. Four reports were also made.

These reports were often dealt with separately, so the police did not have a good overview of the escalating fight and the possible stalking. “The lack of that image led to work processes on stalking not being followed and an adequate risk assessment and the associated plan of action was omitted,” the police said. The police would also have had to withdraw the hunting certificate of Richard K. and confiscated the multiple shotguns.

Improvements

Following the evaluation, the police now want to implement a number of improvements. For example, to warn agents if a weapon owner is involved in incidents, systems are adjusted, for example. The police also emphasize the importance of cooperation, both internally and between all kinds of different teams in order to “reduce the risk of escalation as much as possible”.

Despite the evaluation, according to the police chief of the police unit Northern Netherlands, Martin Sitalsing is not getting up, he says against RTV Drenthe. “It is not possible to count on individuals, it is an interplay of things. And we want to learn from that. “

“What we also learn and improve as a result of this evaluation, the relatives do not get their loved ones back,” said Sitalsing in the police report. “That lack is irreparable.”

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