Laid-back, pot-smoking, sex-loving, cycling, recycling liberals. Like all caricatures of a people, our notion of what the Dutch are like is, at best, a sweeping generalisation. Or maybe a misapprehension, engendered by the country’s comparatively liberal approach to certain activities.
Over the past five years, 2,244 police walkie-talkies have gone missing, RTL Nieuws reports after speaking with the police. According to the police, most of the missing devices are probably in a drawer or cupboard somewhere in the police stations. But they can’t say for sure that walkie-talkies have not fallen into criminal hands.
The Rotterdam police have launched an investigation into misogynistic and sexist remarks made by nine of their employees in a WhatsApp group targeting colleagues. This was announced on Thursday. This decision was taken last week following reports of the WhatsApp group's existence to the team's leadership.