A diplomat, the first “cop” in Belgium: here are the priorities of the new Minister of the Interior Bernard Quintin in matters of security and police

This will be done by buying cameras, sensors, scanners, drones. “”Without these investments, our ports and airports will only become more attractive to drug criminals. This obviously has an impact not only on the security of our whole society, but also, given the industrial/economic factor of our ports (airports), on our entire economy […] In addition, a national action plan will be developed to improve security in and around stations, “said the government agreement.
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Another (old) request from the sector is preparing to be encountered: the revision of the Kul standard, namely the system which defines the number of police officers per zone and which has not been revised since 1994. In parallel, the Ambition is also to redo the wardrobe of the federal police officers who can count on modernized equipment. “The police must have safe personal equipment, modern vehicles and sufficient number, suitable weapons and other sufficiently specialized equipment to correctly fulfill their missions,” read the majority agreement.
In addition to the decision – criticized – to merge the six Brussels police areas, the government agreement also provides for a strengthening of the local police to best meet the needs of citizens. “The neighborhood inspectors are of crucial importance for the safety of our neighborhoods and our municipalities. We therefore strengthen their operation, on the one hand by increasing the number of neighborhood inspectors and doubling it if necessary in order to respect the standard of a neighborhood inspector for 2000 inhabitants.
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Measures that go “overall” in the right direction to the CGSP union which will however remain attentive in the NAPAP file (non-activity prior to the pension) or the reform of the training of the police profession. “”Priority must be to strengthen the federal judicial police when you know that there are billions to seek in tax evasion resulting from organized crime. If we want to meet the objectives of the European Union in terms of economy, this is where you have to go and get money “according to the union permanent Eddy Quaino.
Finally, the Minister opens the door to the use of facial recognition by artificial intelligence (AI) for “detection of convicted people and suspects “. The Wever government also plans to expand the legislation relating to cameras in order to “Allow more (intelligent) “camera monitoring applications. For example, the network of license plates recognition cameras (ANPR) could be used to identify the use of mobile phones while driving, among others.