AIVD screening of police officers is binding

Gepubliceerd op 15 oktober 2015 om 15:06

Candidates for a position of trust in the police should be screened by the AIVD as they gain access to sensitive information.

AIVDscreeningofpoliceofficersisbinding-1.jpgIf GISS gives no green light, the candidate may not be appointed. The outcome of the screening is binding, says a spokesman for the AIVD.

The 28-year-old Mark M. Weert was arrested because he had sold information to criminals. According to NRC Handelsblad, he was not the AIVD screening.

To work

Despite this, M. to work and he could see confidential information. How this could happen is not clear. The police will say nothing about it until the investigation of the National Police runs.

By screening the AIVD investigates whether the applicant poses a risk to national security. The study consists of checking of data in the systems of the AIVD, municipalities, police and judiciary.

Dangerous State

People who can not get a certificate of no objection have been convicted in the past for an offense. Other reasons to refuse such a statement his participation in "subversive and anti-democratic activities", addictions, mendacious behavior and lack of integrity.

From figures show that the AIVD gave last year in 39 000 cases, 958 times a negative opinion. In 891 cases involved positions in the police and the gendarmerie.

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