Per quanto ho capito, il governo federale vorrebbe unire le zone di polizia di Bruxelles. I Burgmeester locali non sono d’accordo con questo e dicono che la fusione significherebbe ridurre l’efficacia delle forze di polizia. Ad essere sincero, mi sembra che l’efficacia della polizia locale sia già piuttosto bassa, ma potrei essere distorto dai media.
Ho letto un paio di opinioni su questo argomento e Questo Ad esempio, cita un professore di criminologia che non è d’accordo con la fusione.
Hai qualche opinione su questo tema? Hai letto un punto di vista interessante che vorresti condividere?
Debate on the merging of Brussels police zones
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I wonder if in longer term we need a police structure where mayors do not steer police at all.
we all know what happens with reforms in this country. They’ll create a new layer of management without suppressing the previous one, orders will get lost, a drama will happen and we’re already in 2050
We don’t care, we just want criminals to get beat on, who cares where the cop clocks in.
Er zijn verschillende voordelen voor de fusies van verschillende politiezones.
Spijtig genoeg wordt er in België zo goed als alleen gekeken naar de besparing, tot op het punt dat er alleen maar nadelen voor de zones en de burgers overblijven.
Er zijn absoluut dingen die groter/efficiënter aangepakt kunnen worden, echter ziet de politiek dit alleen maar als ‘hoe dun kunnen we dezelfde politieploegen smeren’.
Dat ze maar eerst beginnen met de gemeenten te fusioneren, daar vindt je een pak meer overbodige postjes. Zorgt ook voor een hoop minder politiek gezever wanneer ze de politiezones willen fusioneren.
Instead of investing in the federal police as it is urgently needed. They want to réforme something that noone involved will agree with. In practice nothing will never change. The population from zone Marlow is happy with their police zone, and font want to be involved in the problematisch of B-west for example. Complicated zones need an assistance from federal police, but this can not be guaranteed anymore because federal police doesnt have enough véhicules passing the control technique.
Is it an issue in other countries and cities? For example does it impact the efficacy of the police in London, Paris or New York?
Wanneer gaan ze eens snoeien in de 19 gemeentes?
Individual majors will lose power over the local police. Obviously they don’t want that. That’s not about what is best for their communities, but about their power, relevance and money.
You see the same resistance to merging the municipalities to a single city (or at least fewer municipalities).
‘[Mayors] argue that inter-police zone collaboration in Brussels already works well’
Yeah… if you’re from Auderghem and ever had your bike stolen in Ixelles and tried to track it to Schaerbeek, you know this is a blatant lie.
‘It is also logical that mayors are against anything that might make a dent in their power, and the centralisation of police forces would lead to just that’
…And here we have the true reason for the opposition.
I’m confident that we should definitely not listen to what the mayors of Brussels are saying. They seem like the embodiment of entrenched incompetence if we judge them by the territory they are responsible for.
There are obviously pros & cons to both.
**Merger of zones**
* a single police force *could theoretically* lead to better coordination, resource sharing & de-duplication of administrative tasks
* because of the urban landscape and the nature of crimes (who don’t adhere to police zones unfortunately), a unified force may respond more efficient to reported incidents
* decision-making is more streamlined and provides a clearer command structure, reducing some of the bureaucratic hurdles
**Against merger**
* smaller police zones often have a (much) better understanding of specific neighborhoods and local communities which might aid in crime prevention
* I assume the mayors are against a merger because they will lose their control on the police force, which in turn reduces the responsiveness to particular local concerns they might have
* I’m not sure if police zones all operate in the same way so merging them might cause friction and increase the inefficiency (mainly at the start of the merger)
I don’t have a very strong opinion toward one or the other. However if the existing police force is already deemed as being inefficient, without solving those inefficiency problems first, a merger might actually make things worse. I’m biased by the media obviously and there’s no news in highly efficient operating police forces.
Perhaps a single command center for Brussels and keeping separate police forces is a solution? You get the benefits of a centralized incident coordination center to easily manage large scale events, emergencies and cross-zone incidents. It can act as a sort of *traffic control* and allocate resources there where they necessary at any given time. A streamlined approach of sharing crime data across the different zones and all operations are aligned, no matter the zone.
Also includes a few challenges. Again, a single center for command might clash with local police chiefs and the chain of command and there might be cultural (way of working) types of resistance.
As a final note a single command center might reduce costs over time however the required technological changes (probably?) might be a steep upfront investment. I recently came across a Youtube clip [https://youtu.be/Trr79TFSxG8](https://youtu.be/Trr79TFSxG8) about the police center of Antwerp. Impressive (and costly I assume) setup!