Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-04-08-Speech-1-057"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20020408.4.1-057"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, major international football matches are the absolute high point for supporters; for law enforcers and local authorities, however, they are often expensive nightmares and, for the people living in the vicinity of sports stadiums, often a source of distress and a great deal of misery as a result of the damage caused to their front gardens, to cars, to pavement cafés etc. The list goes on.
This Council decision is first of all directed at a hard core which, so far, has been able to exploit the loopholes in the exchange of information between the different police services. The effective coordination of the exchange of information is therefore not an unnecessary luxury. However, let it be clear that this is, first and foremost, a preventive instrument which must allow for effective risk assessment.
Incidentally, Mr Deprez’ report is very good. He managed to clarify the original text and also to tighten it up, by
devoting more attention to the times before and after the games.
A well-oiled network of ‘football’ information points must be able to deploy forces in a targeted and effective manner. The international football competition takes up a great deal of energy and resources of the police services involved, resulting in the risk that other tasks may be carried out to a lower standard.
The key question surrounding instruments of this nature, however, is how the law-enforcing bodies themselves can be monitored. An almost self-evident first step in this is to inform the individuals involved about the fact that they have ended up in this database and to grant them access to this. A counter-argument could be that this could hamper the monitoring function of the police services and offer the people included on the database a tactical advantage. I, however, believe this to be a misapprehension about what actually happens.
This is not purely about a self-evident right, namely that of knowing whether or not you are included in a database. It is also about issuing a clear warning which also has a deterrent effect."@en1
|
| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples