Senior Dutch police officers spent over 730,000 euros on trips to other countries in the last two years, newspaper AD reports today. The paper bases the item on data received from police.
Most of the trips were connected with programmes aimed at fighting the international drugs trade and human trafficking. However, the most expensive were 'teambuilding' trips for police force commanders.
A spokesperson for the body representing police chiefs acknowledges in the newspaper article that police departments need to exercise more financial restraint when it comes to foreign trips. But the union of police officers wonders whether travelling abroad this often is really necessary at all.
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