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In 2014 and 2015, about 8,000 cases of violence were registered against police officers in Belgium, writes La Libre Belgique.
The Brussels police on Friday were attacked by a group of youth near Place Flagey.
Flemish minister for animal welfare Ben Weyts has announced that Belgium's Animal Welfare service will expand from 19- to 30 full-time jobs, thus becoming a full-fledged animal police.
A police chief of the Brussels-Capital Region last week showed up drunk to a meeting called immediately after the terror attacks on Tuesday morning.
Nine police academies across Belgium on Saturday held a recruitment information day for interested candidates. In total, about 7,000 people attended the event.
Following Sunday evening's large-scale anti-terror action, the Belgian police carried out another series of actions on Monday morning, including seven house searches.
Police patrolling in certain areas of Brussels and Antwerp will be joined by colleagues from Morocco next year, federal home affairs minister Jan Jambon has announced.
Federal police have begun patrols in border areas in order to combat illegal immigration and human trafficking.
Brussels police are protesting today in front of the police station in Rue des Palais.
