– Belgium: 159 Military and Police Uniforms reported stolen last year:
Bijna 160 leger- of politie-uniformen gestolen vorig jaar https://t.co/iKLIwDMfVd #hln pic.twitter.com/x6ruGwwAad
— HLN.BE (@HLN_BE) September 29, 2017
The Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reports that last year, the theft of no less than 159 Belgian army and police uniforms was registered. Minister of the Interior Jan Jambon (N-VA) was forced to divulge this in response to a written question by MP Barbara Pas (Vlaams Belang).
Most uniforms were stolen in Flanders (94) last year, followed by Wallonia (43) and the Brussels-Capital Region (22). In 2014 and 2015, a total of 204 and 170 uniforms were stolen.
On top of that, lots of uniforms are getting lost – as opposed to being reported as stolen. In 2016 this happened to 40 pieces, up from 35 pieces in 2015. Also, 12 bulletproof vests, 129 pieces of equipment and 3 intervention armbands got lost last year.
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H/t reader kevin a.
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