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Activists from four police unions staged a protest in central Brussels on Tuesday morning, severely delaying traffic on the inner ring, Rue de la Loi and Rue Belliard and leading to the closure of

Illustration shows the logo of VSOA - SLFP police union inside the departure hall of Brussels airport in Zaventem. (BELGA PHOTO ERIC LALMAND)
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Tensions between police unions and interior minister Annelies Verlinden have increased over pay rises and working conditions to the point where representatives are now talking about "broken promis

Police officers pictured at the entrance of the Brussels justice palace. (BELGA PHOTO THIERRY ROGE)
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Around 350 police officers demonstrated in central Brussels on Wednesday, voicing their dissatisfaction with the lack of clarity around pension schemes, low wage scales and politicised police unio

Illustration picture shows two policemen on motorbikes during a speed control action of the federal police. (BELGA PHOTO JONAS ROOSENS)
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Intensive speed checks are scheduled throughout Belgium for Wednesday and Thursday, the federal police have announced.

Illustration picture shows Brussels South Airport, in Charleroi, Tuesday 24 March 2020. ( BELGA PHOTO VIRGINIE LEFOUR)
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Investigators are carrying out a full-scale reconstruction of the events on the night of 24 February 2018 at Charleroi airport in an attempt to fully understand what happened to Josef Chovanec and

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Five police officers were wounded yesterday, with three of them requiring hospitalisation, following a routine traffic stop in Molenbeek.

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A new training course in Antwerp uses virtual reality to train police to spot suspect behaviour. The idea is to improve profiling, the act of deciding who to stop and check.

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A woman who was questioned by Brussels police late last week was forced to leave without the expensive jewellery she was wearing as it disappeared while she was in custody.

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The city of Ghent has launched a study in response to claims of ethnic profiling by police.

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