Four police officers are facing termination as part of an investigation into controversial WhatsApp chat groups mainly involving police officers within the Amsterdam district. Six others will be fired if they violate rules again during a probationary period, and another was reprimanded.
The planned roadblock from Extinction Rebellion (XR) on King's Day "looks a bit like pestering police, or pestering the mayor, or pestering Amsterdam," said Amsterdam police chief Frank Paauw. He is unhappy that activists "are going to see how far they can go on a day that the police are at their busiest," Paauw said on the TV show Op1.
The Amsterdam district of the police department is investigating multiple officers for allegations they shared offensive and discriminatory messages in private WhatsApp groups. Nine police officers were reassigned, and a tenth was suspended from the Amsterdam district. Additionally, a Rotterdam police officer was also reassigned, as well as a staff member from the police operations center.