‘Anti-corona agent’ fired for dereliction of duty | Inland

According to the police, the employee’s dismissal is the result of a disciplinary investigation after suspicions of serious dereliction of duty. “The investigation focused mainly on his involvement in organizing actions and making public statements against the enforcement of the corona measures. He also identified himself as a police officer. He has used internal knowledge and experience and made unauthorized parties share tactical police information”, according to the police, who called in the Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights and the Performance of the Civil Service (AGFA).

‘Appropriate’

They were asked for advice on whether the officer could be fired for violating a standard from the Civil Service Act. “This means that the colleague may not endanger the proper functioning of the police organization by exercising his fundamental rights. After an investigation, the committee has come to the conclusion that this standard has been violated several times and for a long time and therefore considers dismissal appropriate,” according to the police.

Last year, Spanjetra’s actions made his colleagues look confused because ‘Police for Freedom’ had an odor of anti-corona activism. The official goal of the club is to strengthen the solidarity between ‘different services’ such as the police and citizens, Spaanstra herself stated. To the chagrin of other police officers, he announced the Dutch task in a livestream with anti-corona activist Willem Engel last March.

Annoyance

Incidentally, Spaanstra had not been active as an agent for some time. Due to circumstances he had not been actively working for a number of years. The fact that the officer is officially ill, but is active as an activist, is one of the reasons for the police to start an internal investigation.

The former police officer announced on Twitter on Thursday that he would have a conversation with the police. “I was not a pompous cop, I wasn’t a talent, I was just a simple cop who wanted to fight injustice. That was what I went to work for and is what I am by nature. Including people who have problems. Helping people and I always will.”

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