Police See Rise in Violence Against Officers and Fear More Incidents. ‘It Could Be a Bit stricter.’

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Violent protests against proposed asylum seeker centers are increasing, and climate demonstrations continue. This worries the police. "A significantly harsher sentence for perpetrators of violence seems appropriate to me."

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An officer who is kicked while lying on the ground. A policeman who is pelted with fireworks. Or an officer who has to go into hiding with his family after footage of an arrest at the Bollendak in Utrecht went online and his home address ended up on the street. These are no longer exceptions: violence against police officers is increasing and becoming increasingly grim.

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There was more violence against officers last year and the force used was more severe, the police conclude following the publication of figures on the...