Belgium
20:15 07/04/2021
There are no reliable figures regarding brutality, racism and discrimination by the police in Belgium, nor are police forces transparent when it comes to these issues. Those are the damning findings of the General Police Inspectorate, an independent body that monitors the functioning of the local and federal police.
Not only are data on police incidents not available to the justice system or the public, they are unknown among the corps themselves, according to the Inspectorate. The findings are part of the Inspectorate’s annual ‘vision paper’ on police procedure and accountability. The paper is titled ‘Are All Cops Incompetent?’