The Politie en Wetenschap (Police and Science Research) study found officers do not consciously target suspects based on their appearance, but are prone to what researcher Wouter Landman calls "stereotypes of the average criminal" - among them people of Caribbean, Moroccan, East European or Romany origin, the NOS public broadcaster reports.
Dutch police have extensive powers to 'stop and search' people if they break the law, or behave in a suspicious or unusual manner. The study, part of an independent programme funded by the justice ministry, focused on times when police had to rely on their "intuition and experience" in choosing who to stop over a six-month period. It says that 70% of cases related to actual offences and the rest to suspicious or unusual behaviour, and notes the officers' suspicions were unfounded 40% of the time - although it adds that they acted within their authority in the "vast majority of cases".
Mr Landman told NOS that "officers often come across as aggressive, because they don't explain why people are being stopped", which in turn leads to hostility towards the police in a "vicious circle... that risks undermining trust between ethnic minorities and the police". Many people from ethnic backgrounds would agree, prominent among them rapper Typhoon and Netherlands national football team goalkeer Kenneth Vermeer, who both say police pulled them over this year because they were driving expensive cars.
Acting police chief Ruud Bik dismisses suggestions that his officers are inherently prejudiced as "absolute nonsense", but acknowledges that there is a problem with profiling, which "undermines the confidence of ethnic minorities in the police". He told NOS the priority is "to raise our professional standards, because these are not isolated incidents. We need to deal with it".
Ethnic profiling has been a hot political issue, especially since the Typhoon and Vermeer incidents. A poll in June showed 64% of respondents back profiling "in the fight against crime", but 32% deem it a "form of racism".
The Politie en Wetenschap (Police and Science Research) study found officers do not consciously target suspects based on their appearance, but are prone to what researcher Wouter Landman calls "stereotypes of the average criminal" - among them people of Caribbean, Moroccan, East European or Romany origin, the NOS public broadcaster reports.Dutch police have extensive powers to 'stop and search' people if they break the law, or behave in a suspicious or unusual manner. The study, part of an independent programme funded by the justice ministry, focused on times when police had to rely on their "intuition and experience" in choosing who to stop over a six-month period. It says that 70% of cases related to actual offences and the rest to suspicious or unusual behaviour, and notes the officers' suspicions were unfounded 40% of the time - although it adds that they acted within their authority in the "vast majority of cases".Mr Landman told NOS that "officers often come across as aggressive, because they don't explain why people are being stopped", which in turn leads to hostility towards the police in a "vicious circle... that risks undermining trust between ethnic minorities and the police". Many people from ethnic backgrounds would agree, prominent among them rapper Typhoon and Netherlands national football team goalkeer Kenneth Vermeer, who both say police pulled them over this year because they were driving expensive cars.ทำหน้าที่ตำรวจ Bik แปซิฟิกใต้หัวหน้าเลิกแนะนำว่า เจ้าหน้าที่เขาจะ prejudiced ความเป็น "เรื่องไร้สาระแน่นอน" แต่ยอมรับว่า มีปัญหากับการทำโปรไฟล์ ที่ "ทำลายความเชื่อมั่นของชนกลุ่มน้อยในตำรวจ" เขาบอกว่า ชุดหมายเลขลำดับความสำคัญคือ "การ ยกระดับมาตรฐานมืออาชีพของเรา เพราะไม่มีปัญหาด้านการแยก เราต้องจัดการกับมัน"รวบรวมสถานะชาติพันธุ์ได้รับปัญหาทางการเมืองร้อน โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งตั้งแต่เหตุการณ์พายุไต้ฝุ่นและทั่ว การสำรวจในเดือนมิถุนายนพบว่า 64% ของผู้ตอบกลับทำโปรไฟล์ในการต่อสู้กับอาชญากรรม" แต่ 32% ถือว่า"รูปแบบของสิทธิมนุษยชน"
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