News Netherlands police: Burqa ban descends into farce on first day after Dutch police refuse to enforce it
The Netherlands’s new ban on burqas has been fatally undermined on its very first day of operation after the police indicated they would not seriously try to enforce it. The new law prohibits wearing anything which covers the face - including burqas, ski masks or motorcycle helmets - in public settings such as schools, hospitals, trains or buses. Anyone who does enter one of
News Netherlands police: Dutch ‘burqa ban’ takes effect but police unlikely to enforce it
A new Dutch law took effect Thursday banning face-covering clothing — including the burqa and niqab worn by conservative Muslim women — on public transportation, in government buildings and at health and education institutions.
News Netherlands police: As the Netherlands' burqa ban takes effect, police and transport officials refuse to enforce it
PARIS — Problems emerged immediately after a long-awaited ban on burqas officially went into effect in the Netherlands on Thursday. The biggest issue: whether security officials will bother to enforce ...
News Netherlands police: Police facial recognition off in Orlando, on in Netherlands and considered in Sweden
Orlando Police Department’s (OPD’s) trial of Amazon’s Rekognition facial biometric software has reached the end of its second phase and will be discontinued, after 15 months that Orlando Weekly ...
News Netherlands police: Police Bust International Balkan Cocaine Cartel
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — European Union police agency Europol says an international operation has smashed a Balkan crime ring that transported cocaine from South America to Europe in private planes. ...
News Netherlands police: Police: Woman pulls out knife on another woman at Jericho motel
Police: Customers helped officers arrest alleged ... was charged with rape and criminal sex act. USA tops the Netherlands 2-0 to win fourth Women's World Cup title The United States has won ...
News Netherlands police: Dutch police find missing 12-year-old girl, arrest American
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Dutch police who issued an amber alert for a missing 12-year-old girl found her Friday in a hotel with a 49-year-old American, who was arrested. Police spokesman Roland Ekkers ...
News Netherlands police: Botched software update breaks Dutch police ankle monitors
WHILE LAST YEAR'S Windows 10 update that ate through users files was pretty bad PR, Microsoft can at least definitely say, hand on heart, that no convicts were accidentally released as a result. That ...
News Netherlands police: Dutch police arrest Syrian suspected of war crimes, terror
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch prosecutors say police have arrested a Syrian on suspicion of war crimes and terrorism in his home country where he allegedly was a commander in the former al-Qaida ...
News Netherlands police: Botched update crashes hundreds of Netherlands police ankle monitors
They couldn't track suspects for a worryingly long period. Mangled software updates are a headache for everyday users, but they created serious trouble for Dutch law enforcement in recent days. ...
News Netherlands police: Dutch police stopped a Tesla driver after he fell asleep while driving on autopilot
Police in the Netherlands on Friday stopped a Tesla driver who fell asleep at the wheel while using the car's autopilot function on a highway, the police unit said on Instagram. The 50-year-old man ...
