A district agent or neighbor, in Flanders, also a district inspector, is a police officer who maintains close contact with residents and partners in the district in a neighborhood or neighborhood. The neighborhood agent is the link between the district on the one hand and the police on the other.
The district agent or district inspector is engaged in general police work, such as street surveillance and incident solving. This is known as 'knowing and knowing'. He is the eye and the ear of the police organization and passes information to the local police teams. It is therefore important to acquire a position in the district as a trusted person and auxiliary. If necessary, he or she is repressive, or does he / she deal with concrete prevention (warning, awareness, awareness).
A main task of the district agent is the contact with agencies and neighborhood residents (concerned residents but also people who struggle themselves with problems or threaten to slide to crime). If necessary, the agent will refer to professional (emergency) agencies as soon as possible. When finding out-of-court agencies, he will take the necessary pressure and make people aware of their responsibility. Furthermore, it is common for agents to mediate in (neighbors) arguments. The Netherlands
In the Netherlands, the legal standard is a district agent of 5000 inhabitants, divided by regional unit, on September 8, 2014 there were 3444 district agents. The work of a district agent is described in the Politiewet 2012. The district officer has either an area-bound or a functional task. With a functional task, think about a neighborhood youth or a catering agent. Externe link Note
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