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The Dutch Police history starts in 1581, with the formation of the Dutch Republic.A simple police organization was created without clear tasks and powers. This stayed the same until 1810, when Napoleon annexed the Netherlands to the French Empire and started to set up a proper police force.
The Korps landelijke politiediensten (KLPD; English: National Police Services Agency, lit. 'Corps (of) National Police Services') was the national police force in the Netherlands from 1993 until January 2013, responsible for specialist missions that benefited from a centralized approach. The KLPD replaced the Rijkspolitie (English: National ...
The Royal Marechaussee (Dutch: Koninklijke Marechaussee, abbreviated to KMar) also translated as the Royal Military Constabulary, is the national gendarmerie force of the Netherlands, performing military and civilian police duties. It is also one of the two national police forces in the Netherlands, alongside the National Police Corps, and is ...
The Dienst Speciale Interventies (Special Intervention Service), [2] commonly abbreviated DSI, is the elite police tactical unit of the Dutch National Police Corps and was formally established on 1 July 2006. The DSI is tasked with neutralising terrorist incidents and other violent public order disruptions for which regular police units are ...
A documentary about discrimination within the ranks of Dutch police has sparked a national conversation in the Netherlands about racism, The post Racism in the ranks: Dutch police film spurs ...
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The Netherlands' criminal code is based on the Napoleonic Code, imposed during the time of the French Empire. The Dutch largely kept the Napoleonic Code after their independence, but tempered it with a significantly more rehabilitative penological focus. Law enforcement in the Netherlands is provided by the national police force. The police ...
The Maréchaussée (French for 'Marshalcy') were corps of soldiers in the armies of France initially put in charge of military policing and justice during the Middle Ages, and later extended to civilian responsibilities. They gradually coalesced into a police force with jurisdiction over the whole population on almost the entire territory of ...