Dutch police fired their guns less last year but overall violence increased

Dutch police fired their weapons at people 86 times last year, issued 133 warning shots and drew their weapons without firing a further 1,499 times last year, according to new police figures. The number of times the police used their guns is down on previous years but it needs further analysis to find out why, the report, published on Wednesday, stated. In total, the number of incidents in which the police used violence rose 18% last year to 20,667, and...